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carts are made of wood, frequently without the aid of a particle
of iron. The girls will sometimes sing their untutored hut not
unmelodious songs hy the fireside of an evening, a performance for
which of course no payment is expected or ought to he offered. In
the morning and evening they summon the cows from the
mountains hy curiously modulated calls, consisting of a few notes long
drawn out (comp. p. 127).
As the next human habitations, the Turtegrød and Gjessingen
sæters (p. 151), are 7-8 hrs. walk from the Bævertun Sæter, an
early start should be made. After about Uf hr. the route crosses the
Dommabro or Dombrui, where the Domma, shortly before its
junction with the Bævra, flows underground, and then leads for
IVo-l3/4 hr. through the somewhat monotonous valley of the Bævra,
until it reaches the Kupshaug, a curious rocky knoll in the middle
of the valley. Adjoining it is a fall of the Bævra; to the left are
two other waterfalls, all of which unite here. We now ascend to a
higher region of the valley, pass (25-30 min.) the ruined stone
hut of Krosboden, and obtain a view to the left of the
*Smørrstab-bræ, one of the most extensive glaciers in Norway, overtopped by
the Smørstabtinderne (7305 ft.), the ascent of which may be made
from the Bævertun-Sæter (10-12 hrs., there and back) without
material difficulty. The services of a good guide should, however,
be secured. The Bævra issues from the glacier, at the end of
which there is a magnificent ice-cavern (digression of j/2 hr.). —
In 1 4hr. from Krosboden we come to a stone Varde surmounted by
a wooden figure, bearing the inscription (of which only a few letters
are now legible): —
‘Vær rask som en Løve, Og skynd dig som en Hind!
See Veiret det gryner i Fanaraak Tind!’
‘Be quick as a lion, haste thee like a hind; see how the storms lower
over the Fanaraak Peak !’
In y2 hr. we now reach the actual Fjeld, whence we enjoy a
grand view of the Smørstabbræ, and of the Fanaraak, farther to
the W. We next reach (!/4hr.) Kroshøien, the highest point of an
extensive mountain-tract, and cross the boundary of Bergens-Stift
(4630 ft.). To the left we observe the Rauskjøldvand, and
afterwards the Prestesteinvand, near the lower end of the Fanaraakbræ.
Two hours are spent in passing this series of almost contiguous
lakes and glaciers. The route is marked at frequent intervals by
means of Varder, so that an observant and experienced traveller
may almost dispense with a guide. Should fog set in, one Varde
should not be quitted until another is descried. Failure to observe
this precaution might easily cost the wayfarer his life.
About i/4 hr. from Kroshøien is a curious looking Varde called
the 1 Kammerherre’, consisting of a tall mass of rock with a pointed
stone on the top. The route soon descends steeply to the
Herrevand, the stream flowing out of which we cross by the Hervusbrui
(Rrui, bridge; 4305 ft.). iy2 hr. from the Kammerherre. It is usual
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