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runs to the E. to (38 Kil.) Torpshammar and (95 Kil.) Sundsvall
(p. 373). At Torpshammar there are large iron-works. The
mainline proceeds to the N.W. and surmounts the plateau of the
province Jemtland. 515 Kil. Bräcke, at the S. end of the Refsundsjö
(945 ft.), along which the train runs, partly over embankments and
partly through cuttings. A hranch-line (one train daily in hrs.;
fares 7 kr. 65, 5 kr. 10 ö.) runs from Bräcke to (145 Kil.) Sollefteå
(p. 374). The railway crosses the Indals-Elf near Ragunda by
means of the longest railway-bridge in Sweden (700 ft.). Pretty
scenery.
526 Kil. Stafre; 539 Kil. Gallo. The name of (553 Kil.)
Pil-grimsta.d, at the N. end of the Refsundsjö, preserves the memory
of the mediæval pilgrimages to the grave of St. Olaf in
Throndhjem (p. 219). — 571 Kil. Brunflo.
The line next reaches the large *Storsjö (960 ft. above the
sea-level), surrounded with beautiful scenery, in which the dark
pine and fir forests contrast finely with the yellow corn-fields. In the
foreground lies the island of Frösö ■ and in the distance the dark
Oviksfjellen and the Areskutan (p. 372). In summer a steamer
plies upon the lake, touching at Brunflo, Östersund,
Trångs-viken (see below), Mörsill (p. 372), and other places.
586 Kil. (363 M.) Östersund (Stads-Hotellet, with restaurant;
Nya Hotellet; Gästgifvaregård), the capital of the province of
Jemtland and the seat of the ‘Landhöfding’ (governor), was founded in
1786 and has grown rapidly since the opening of the railway. It
contains 4900 inhabitants. It is pleasantly situated on the E.
bank of the »Storsjö, opposite the lofty island of Frösö, with
which it is connected by a bridge, 1420 ft. in length. The streets
are broad and handsome, most of the houses being built of timber.
On Frösö, near the bridge, stands a Runic stone to the memory
of Östmadur, the son of Gudfast, the first Christian missionary to
this district. The church on this island, with walls 10 ft. thick,
is one of the oldest in N. «Sweden. The churchyard commands a
beautiful *View of the lake, with the snow-covered mountains
to the W.
Farther on, the line skirts the N. bank of the Storsjö and crosses
the Semsn. 597 Kil. Asjö. —At (607 Kil.) Krokom the line crosses
the Indals-Elf, after which .we enter a dreary wooded and marshy
region. Skirting the S. bank of the Niildsjö (995 ft.) for a short
distance we next reach —
618 Kil. (383 M.) Niilden. The train now crosses successively
the Forå, which connects the Niildsjö with the Alsensjö (970 ft.),
the Ytterå beyond (624 Kil.) Ytterån, the little Qvarnå beyond
(633 Kil.) Trångsviken, and the Semlaån at Selander, near their
entrance into the Ockesjö, beyond (644 Kil.) Mattmar. All these
rivers and lakes form with the Storsjö an extensive inland
water-system, upon which, as already mentioned, steamboats ply. —
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