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56 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
appears very easy from here, a long ridge stretching
gradually down from the summit, like Goatfell in
Arran. But appearances from such a distance are little
to be relied on, especially about the region of the
snowline. Professor Forbes, who is no novice in
mountaineering, describes the ascent as very troublesome, on
account of the deep sludgy snow-pits between the
boulders.
The road now plunges into a deep valley, in company
with the river Driv, which roars and foams among the
rocky masses that restrain its course. The amount of
water at this elevation gives evidence of the extent of
the Fjeld, and the quantity of snow that is thawing
around Sclmeehoetten. Many small lateral streams
pour into the valley, cutting deep gullies in the
rocks over which they fall. Several of these flow
directly from the patches of snow that till the hollows
above. There is a curious and very pretty effect
produced by a peculiar conformation of the mountains on
the other side of the river. Each ridge of rock runs
down nearly parallel with the valley, and forms a long,
slender-pointed, high-backed promontory; one side of
these promontory ridges is nearly perpendicular, and
thus a little blind glen is formed, into which the rocky
promontory would about fit if it were reversed. These
glens are evenly curved and smooth, covered with rich
grass, and dotted with shrubs and Lilliputian birch-trees.
They are very numerous, much alike, and occur at
rather regular intervals, giving quite a character to the
valley, and contrasting beautifully with its general
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