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Eomsdal to best advantage. This second visit
exalts still further my admiration of its
magnificence.
My former estimate of the height of the
Roms-dalshorn (4000 feet above the valley) is below its
actual height. It rises to 4950 Norsk feet above
the sea, equal to 5090 English. As the valley is
about 400 feet above the sea hereabouts, its clear
height overhead is about 4690 feet, and it starts
up so perpendicularly that a good thrower,
standing on the summit, might hurl a stone down
upon the excellent carriage road at its foot.
The precipice down which the majority of the
finest cascades is falling forms a dark wall by
the roadside, rising in many places to nearly
4000 feet above it. This is the case where the
Mongefoss pitches over the wall of the Mongejura,
the summit of which is more than 5000 feet above
the valley, but is hidden bv the wall.
V ’ V
The Dontefossen which pour directly down by
the roadside start at an altitude of 3700 Norsk
feet.
I noticed a very curious phenomenon to-day.
Several of the nameless multitude of minor falls
pitch over the precipice, and after descending
about 1000 feet or thereabouts disappear entirely.
This occurs especially on the north wall, against
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