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(1859) [MARC] Author: W. Mattieu Williams
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184 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.

which is the upper surface from which the fragment was
detached. The heap of massive ruins below, the scar
above, and the overhanging cornice over that, have a
tendency to prevent the pedestrian who observes such
things, from selecting these particular boulders for
resting-places, or points from which to take a sketch;
for, in spite of the doctrine of probabilities, the idea
that another crash is just about to occur is suggested
irresistibly.

To enumerate the waterfalls of the Romsdal would
be rather a serious task; there are a dozen or two that
would each support half-a-dozen hotels, and be
perpetually sketched, photographed, and stereoscoped, if
they were anywhere up the Rhine. If they were in
Scotland, in addition to all this there would be lodges
built opposite to them, with mirrors to show the
waterfall overhead and all round the room at once, and
sliding panels to start open and disclose the view
unexpectedly. In Ireland there would be a score of gates
on the roads leading to them, erected for the sole
purpose of supporting juvenile mendicants, who would
rush to shut them as the tourist loomed above the
horizon, in order to be paid for opening them when
he approached. But here they pour and clash clown
their own chosen courses, the wild, unfettered creatures
of God’s bounty. Here we may gaze upon them
undisturbed, and revel in the wonder, gratitude, and
veneration that such a scene awakens, by reminding us that
He has so fitted our faculties to his works around,
that every object or action in the universe has in it

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