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CHAPTER XIII.
The Trangedal and Lodal Glaciers—Outline of the natural history of
avalanches and glaciers—Advance and recession of the Justedal
Glaciers—The "Bear’s Path" Glacier—Fermented milk—A
human candlestick—An interior—Scandinavian fleas—Scenery
of the Justedal—More starvation—The Nygaard and Krondal
Glaciers—Luxurious quarters and Englishmen—How to enjoy
dissipation—Centre ornament for a dinner-table—An evening
concert in Norway—The trail of the travelling
snob—Drunkenness and extortion—A mutinous boat’s crew—A walk in the
dark—Startling the natives with portable lightning—Domestic
revelations.
Near to the saeter where my tired companions stopped
are two magnificent glaciers, descending from the
"fond" above the valley, down lateral openings into
the valley below. They are very near together, and
woiild join at the lower part if they extended a little
farther. The upper one comes down a straight valley,
and can be seen in its whole course from the " fond;"
it spreads out at its lower part, and displays magnificent
blue crevasses: this is the Trangedal glacier.
The next below it is the glacier of Lodal, the largest
known glacier in Norway. I say known glacier; for
there are many of those that flow from the great
snow-land of the Fondalen, just within the Arctic Circle, and
are visible from the steamer on the northward journey
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