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cupies fully 2 hrs.. after which the road traverses a nearly level plateau
to (11 Kil.) Lien, a farm-house near the road, and formerly the station
(clean and cheap). About 3 Kil. farther on (14 Kil. from Jlustad) is —
Granum (1342 ft.; a fair station), situated a little to the right of the
road, which farther on descends to the basin of the Randsfjord (p. 91).
About halfway between Grannm and Odntes a direct road to (140 Kil.)
Christiania diverges to the S.
10 Kil. Odnees, see p. 92.
The steamer now continues its northward way through the lake,
which gradually contracts, and touches atHeggenhaugen, Ringsaker
( with an old church containing a Flemish altar-piece of the 16th
cent.-), Biri (with a glass-foundry), and Frengstuen. About‘2t/4hrs.
after leaving Gjøvik it reaches —
Lillehammer. — *Victoria Hotel, with the skyds-station, well
situated, near the bridge over the Jlesna; *31adajie Orjisrud, in the main
street, on the left, a little farther on; charges at both, R. l-l3/4, B. or
S. 1. 1). 2 kr. ; Johansen. — The steamboat-pier is fully 1 Engl. 31. from
the hotels: omnibus to and from the pier.
Information about the Diligence to Vehlungsnæs is given by
Amts-fuldmccgiig Breiset. — Telegraph Station.
Shops. F. Frisenberg, on the E. side of the main street, sells
well-executed silver-plate and trinkets at moderate prices; tastefully carved
meerschaum-pipes, etc., at G. Larsen’s, on the opposite side of the street.
Lillehammer is beautifully situated on the Mesna, on the
E. bank of Lake Mjesen (585 ft.), about 150 ft. above the lake,
and ’/o Engl. M. below the influx of the Laagen (Laug, Lang, or
Log, i.e. ‘river’; Laagen, ‘the river’; lthe Laagen’, though
generally used, is, grammatically speaking, a pleonastic expression).
The town (1700 inhab.), which presents a modern appearance,
has enjoyed municipal privileges since 1827 only. It is called
Lillehammer (‘little hammer’) to distinguish it from Hamar or
Store-hammer. The principal building is the substantial and handsome
Grammar School (Latinskole) , at the S. end of the main street,
overlooking the church and the lake. A cotton-mill, saw-mills,
and flour-mills add to the importance of the place. Lillehammer is
a pleasant point for a short stay, and being the terminus of the
Mjosen steamboats and the starting-point of the Gudbrandsdal
route, is a very busy place in summer and a great rallying-point
foT travellers.
The tnrbnlent Mesna forms several pretty waterfalls about
1/2 Engl. M. to the N.E. of the town, the finest being
ihe*Heloc-deshøl, or ‘hell cauldron’, near which is the Niagara Bath House ;
to reach them we ascend the first side-street to the left near the
ATctoria Hotel, with the notice-board ‘Til Mesna Bad’. Pleasant
walk of 1/2 hr. to the S., passing the Grammar School, to a bench
on the road-side, commanding a fine view of the lake, here scarcely
3’4 Engl. M. in breadth. To the E. of Lillehammer stretches a
vast tract of forest, wild and almost uninhabited. The Mesna and
the Mesna Lakes, in a sequestered situation 7 Engl. M. to the E.
(reached by a rough, and at places swampy forest-path), afford
good trout-fishing.
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