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(1877) [MARC] Author: W. Mattieu Williams
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CHAPTER XVI.



Start for the Fillefjeld — The old road — Borgund Church and its
probable origin — Hiring of carrioles — Good stations — Glacier
débris on the Fillefjeld — Causes of glacial epochs — Descend the
Fillefjeld — Good horses and a good caterer — The Vangs Mjosen
— Succeeding lakes — Possibility of making a canal highway —
A difficulty at last — A long walk on a dark night by unprotected
females in a strange country — Hanging on behind — A dog with a
bad name — Wild strawberries and raspberries on the roadside —
The Etna and Baegna valleys — Pine forests and their reputed
curative agency.

We drive through wild scenery with black
precipices, ruins of broken rocks, waterfalls, &c.,
passing Blaaflatten and Husum stations without
changing horses; much interested in contemplating
the old road, which was even steeper than that by
which we mounted the ridge above Ulvik. At
Husum we left our carrioles and walked by a part
of the old road to the old church at Borgund;
sending our carrioles round by the new road. I
recommend all tourists to do the same; no time is
lost, the old road being much shorter, and its
ascent commands some very fine views. Generally
speaking, wherever these old steep roads exist
(and they are very abundant now that so many

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