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planks in the water, the object of which is to attract the salmon,
which mistake them for their favourite waterfalls and are thus
decoyed into the nets (comp. p. 116).
Beyond Bjere the steamer’s course is again ‘indeuskjærs’. We
now steer to the S.E. into the Namsenfjord, which is separated from
the Rødsund to the N.E. by the long winding island of Otterø. As
usual, the scenery improves as the fjord is ascended, and the
steamer soon stops at the charming little town of —
40 Kil. (25 Engl. M.) Namsos (p. 224).
Fbom Namsos to Kongsmo. A small steamboat plies once a week to
the Indre Foldenfjord (see Communicationer, No. 285). The fjord is very
narrow and picturesque, resembling the Lysefjord near Stavanger, and is
nearly 12 sea-miles in length. Stations: Sørvig, Seierstad, Lund, etc.
From the terminus Foldereid we can proceed by boat-skyds to Kongsmo,
whence a road leads by Høland and Haugum to Namsos; from
Aavatns-vand, on the Eidsvand, a little beyond Høland, a path diverging to the
left crosses the hills to (5-6 hrs.) the Frskumfos (p. 225).
Steering to the W. we next touch at (20 Kil.) Foslandsosen,
then thread the very narrow Rødsund, traverse the Foldenfjord
with its maze of islands, and reach (25 Kil.) Apelvcer, on a small
island at the mouth of the Indre Foldenfjord.
The steamer, which generally performs this part of the voyage
at night, now threads its way through an infinity of small islands.
To the right is the island of Ncrrø.
15 Kil. (91/2 M.) Rørvik (opposite the telegraph-station of
Narosund), on the island of Indre Vigten, to the W. of which are
the islands of Mellem Vigten and Ytre Vigten, on which rise the
Sulafjeld (605 ft.) and Dragstind (525 ft.). On the left, farther on,
is the Leckø, where a curiously shaped mountain is said by
tradition to represent a giantess who was pursued by her lover,
while her brother attempted to rescue her. The ‘ Torghatten’
(p. 234), or hat of the latter, having been pierced by an arrow shot
by the amorous ‘Hestmand’ (p. 238), the sun shone through the
aperture and metamorphosed the distressed maiden into stone, the
pursuer being at this juncture only 105 English miles off! In
passing the giantess the natives sometimes raise their hats with mock
ceremony.
38 Kil. (24t/2 Engl. M.) Gutvik. On the right, farther on, is
the Bindalsfjord, with its numerous ramifications, the boundary
between Nordre Throndhjems Amt and Helgeland, the Halogahmd
of early Norwegian history, which extends to the N. to the
promontory of Knnnen near Bode (p. 239).
Twice weekly the steamer ‘Torghatten’ from Brønø (p. 234) plies on
the Bindalsfjord as far as Teraak and Heilstad, near Bindalen-Vatsaas
(comp. Communicationer, No. 287). Thence towards the N.W. runs the
Thosenfjord, a huge mountain-cleft, l3,., sea-miles in length, extending to
Thosbotn and Oaarden Thosdal, from which the traveller may proceed
with a guide to Ilortskarmo in the Sveningsdal and Mosjøen on the
IV/-senfjord (p. 235) in ™/r2 days. The ascent from Gaarden Thosdal is
extremely steep, and on the K. side of the mountain there is a very
troublesome ford across the Oaasras-Etv,
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