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214 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
polished rocks of the ancient glacier bed. It is quite
evident that the great Nord Fiords glacier once extended
as far as this part of the valley, filling it with one of
its descending branches. This has gradually receded
to its present position at the head of the valley, leaving
at every stage of its retreat a ruin of rocks from its
deposited moraines.
I arrived at the Mysybytta saeters at about six
o’clock. The Norwegian saeter corresponds to the Swiss
chalet; it is a little wooden hut, built upon the
mountain pasturages, that are only open from the snow
during a few weeks of the summer. At this period, the
cows and goats are driven up, and left to roam upon
the pastures during the day; at evening-time they
are collected by an offering of salt, then milked, and
the cheeses made. They make cheese while the sun
shines here. Every tourist who visits Norway, and
would study the Norwegians, should have some
experience of saeter life. I gladly availed myself of this
opportunity of spending a night in the saeter attached
to the farm of my good hostess of Mork. There were
several of these wooden huts dotted about a dreary
moorland, from around which high peaks of glacier-bearing
mountains rise. I found some men asleep in one of the
huts; and upon awakening them, they offered to
provide me with food and lodging. As there appeared to be
many saeters, and these attached to different farms, I
inquired whether the one they proposed for my
lodging belonged to Mork ; whereupon, the men looked
curiously at each other, and one of them, with a sig-
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