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81 Kil. (50 M.) Meråker (720 ft. ; telegraph-station), a
thriving and prettily situated little town, the last station in Norway.
Fine view from the station. Beyond Meraker, near which there is
an old copper-mine, the line continues to ascend rapidly. The
district is sparsely peopled, and the vegetation also becomes
scantier. The Areskuta and other snow-mountains of Sweden
appear in the distance. The train at last crosses the Swedish
frontier, 1825 ft. above the sea-level, and reaches —
106 Kil. (66 M.’j Storlien (Rail. Restaurant, seep.372;
telegraph-station), the junction for the railway to Stockholm (R. 50).
28. Inland Route from Throndhjem to Namsos.
About 200 Kil. or 125 Engl. 31. A steamer sails daily from Throndhjem
io Levanger in 4 hrs, going on several times weekly to (5 hrs.) Stenkjær.
Another steamer proceeds twice weekly direct from Throndhjem to
Sten-kjær. The road between Levanger and Stenkjær is, however, so picturesque,
that driving is preferable to the steamboat journey. — From Stenkjær
drive (fast stations) to the fjord opposite A’amsos; thence cross by boat.
On the Steamboat Journey from Throndhjem to Stenkjær the
traveller has the advantage of seeing something of the picturesque
rocky W. bank of the Throndhjem Fjord, which is scarcely visible
from the land-route. The steamer steers between the Tutte re,
with the ruins of the monastery of Tautra, and the mainland
(Fronten) on the E. to Holmberget, and across the fjord to the
N.W. to Lerviken. It then recrosses to Ekne on the E. bank,
whence it steers to the large island of Ytterø (with the parish of
Eid~). At the station Hokstad on this island are extensive mines of
pyrites. Holsanden is also sometimes touched at. The vessel then
steers to — v
Levanger [Madam Backlund’$ Hotel; telegraph-station), a
charmingly situated little town with about 900inhab., which was
almost entirely burned down in December, 1877, but has since
been rebuilt.
From Levanger a road, with fast stations, leads to the E. into
Sweden. — 14 Kil. (pay for 15) Nas; 11 Kil. Gamas; 19 Kil. Sulstuen (good
station); 22 Kil. (pay for 33) Skalstugan (good quarters), the first Swedish
station. From this point we may walk (with guide) to the Skalsjö (1930ft.),
cross this lake by small boat, and ascend the Fjeld (no proper path) to
the Encampment of Lapps, to be found here in summer. The Lapps,
hitherto untainted by intercourse with strangers, change their
camping-ground from time to time, but are generally to be found within 3-4 hrs.
from Skalstugan. Gloves and veils are necessary for protection^against the
mosquitoes.
The road from Levanger to Stenkjær, 41 Kil.. has only two
skyds-stations (both fast): viz., (12 Kil.) Vwrdalseren, at the mouth’of the
Var-<lals-Elv, and (14 Kil.) Raske (poor quarters). — The church of Værdalen,
G Kil. from Værdatsøren marks the scene of the battle of Stiklestad, at
which St. Olaf was killed 29th .Inly, 1030 (p. xlvi).
The next steamboat-stations are Skannees, Trontrs, Hyllen, and
Sundncex, on the peninsula of Inderø, on the E. side of which
is the strait of Strømmen, leading into the picturesque
Borgenfjord, on which rises the church of Mirre. The steamer, however,
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