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b. Via Skien.
This route generally takes 6 days, but under favourable circumstances
may be completed in less. — 1st Day. From Christiania lo Skien by
railway, 204 Kil. or 126 M. ; by express train in 6V2 hrs. (fares 11 kr. 30, 7 kr.
70 0.). by ordinary train in 7-9*/z hrs. (fares 9 kr. 20, 6 kr. 15 0.). The
steamer, four times weekly, takes 10-14 hrs. From Skien to Ulefos by
steamer, in connection with the express train, in 2V2 hrs. (daily except
Sun.; fare 2 kr.). — 2nd Day. Drive to Strængen in 23/-i-3 hrs.; from
Strængen to Dalen by the steamer ‘Bratsberg’ or ‘Telemarken’ on the
Flaa, Hvideseid, and Bandak Lakes daily (except Sun.) in 6V2 hrs.,
starting at noon (fares 3 kr. 60, 2 kr. 25 «.). — 3rd Day. Drive from Dalen
via Eidsborg Church (whence Ravnejuvet may be visited) to Mogen i
Hai-dalsmo, or walk or ride by the direct route to Heggestvl, both on the road
to Odde, see p. 28. — 4th, 5th, and Gth Days, as in Route a.
From Christiania to (53 Kil.) Drammen, see It. 2.
Through-carriages. The railway (‘Jarlsbergbane’) from Drammen to Laurvik
and Skien runs to the S.W. past the suburb of Tangen and then
ascends, at a considerable gradient (1: 80), the Kobberviksdal, the
highest point of which (250 ft.) is reached at (62 Kil.) Skouger. —
69 Kil. Galleberg.
73 Kil. (45 Engl. 51.) Sande, with the church of the same name,
situated near the Sandebugt, of which a fine view is obtained to
the left. The next part of the line skirts the fjord.
86 Kil. Holmestrand (Hotel du Nord; Victoria; Vesman’s;
Railway Restaurant), a sea-bathing place with 2320 inhab., situated at
the foot of a steep porphyry cliff. The train now leaves the coast
for a little.— 96 Kil. Nykirke. 100 Kil. Skopum, near the Borrevand;
hranch-line hence to Borre and (3 Kil.) Horten on the Christiania
Fjord (p. 37). •— 103 Kil. (64 51.) Angedal. 109 Kil. Barkaker.
To the right we see the chåteau of Jarlsberg. The train skirts the
Tønsberg (left) and runs hack through a short tunnel to —
115 Kil. (71 M.) Tønsberg (Victoria Hotel; English consular
agent, Mr. Alf Monsen), a town with 6900 inhab., and the oldest
in Norway, dating from the time of Harald Haarfager. This is the
headquarters of a number of hardy Arctic mariners residing chiefly
in the islands of Nøtterø and Tjømø to the S. of the town, who
man the fleet of about fifty whalers and seal-hunting vessels of
considerable size (one-third of them being steamers) which
annually starts from this port. The hill above the town , formerly
crowned by a castle and now penetrated by the above-mentioned
railway tunnel, commands a beautiful view.
The line does not extend any farther in this direction, and the
train hacks out of the station and returns for 7 Kil. in the direction
from which it came. At (121 Kil.) Sem or Semb it crosses the
Oulie-Elv. 128 Kil. Stokke; 135 Kil. Raaatad. To the right lies
Gogstad, where a Viking ship was found (see p. 7).
139 Kil. (86 51.) Sandefjord (Hotel Kong Karl; Johnsen’s
Hotel; Heidemark’s Hotel, well spoken of), a favourite
watering-place with 3160 inhab., and sulphurous, saline, and chalybeate
springs, prettily situated on the fjord of the same name. It stands
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