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modation is always very limited. Breakfast or supper is provided for
kr., dinner for 2-2xfi kr.; steward’s fee about 50 ø. per day. —
Lastly, it may be mentioned, that, as the fine scenery of the
Hardanger Fjord (K. 9), does not begin till Herøen and Terøen are approached,
the traveller loses little by going thus far at night.
The navigation of these western fjords of Norway, with their
innumerable rocky islands, winding channels, promontories, and
sunken rocks, is exceedingly intricate, often demanding the
utmost attention of the captains and pilots, whose skill the traveller
will have occasion to admire. Most of the captains speak English,
sometimes German also, and they are usually very obliging. —
Numerous lighthouses (Fyr) on both sides of the steamer’s course are
passed between Stavanger and Langevaag, to the N. of Haugesund-
Ou leaving Stavanger the vessel steers towards the N.W.; on
the left are the Duse-Fyr and Tungenas-Fyr on the Randeberg; to
the right the Hundvaagø, the Mostere, the Klosterø with the
ruined Ulstenkloster, and beyond it the larger Rennese and other
islands. On the left we next observe the lofty lighthouse on the
Hvitingsø, beyond which the open and unsheltered mouth of the
Bukkenfjord is crossed (in about an hour). To the N.W. is the
lighthouse of Fainas (Skudesnas). We next observe the small
seaport (1100 inhab.) of Skudesnashavn, with its lighthouse, to the
left, at the S. end of the Karme. The steamer now enters the
Karmsund. The first station at which the steamers usually stop is
Ferresvik, a village on the Bukkene.
44 Kil. (271 2 Engl. M.) Kopervik, or Kobbervik (Inn;
telegraph-station), with 850 inhab., is one of the largest villages on
the Karme, a large and populous island, to which the
herring-fishery is a source of much gain. The island is nearly flat, and
tolerably well cultivated at places, but consists chiefly of moor,
marsh, and poor pasture-land, and is almost entirely destitute of
trees. It contains numerous barrows, or ancient burial-places,
especially near the N. end, some of which have yielded relics of
great antiquarian value. The climate, which is cool in summer and
mild and humid in winter, is exceptionally healthy, the average
annual death-rate being only 12 per thousand. — About 10 Engl.
M. to the W. of the Karmø lies the small and solitary island of
TJisire, with a chapel and a lighthouse.
On the left, about 4 Engl. M. beyond Kopervik, is the old
church of Augvaldsnas, adjoining which, and inclined towards it,
is an old ‘Bautasten’, 25 ft. in height, known as ’-Jomfru Marias
SynaaV (the Virgin Mary’s Needle). Tradition says that when this
pillar falls against the church the world will come to an end. To the
N. of this point, on the opposite side of the ‘Sund’, are five similar
stones, popularly called the ‘Five Foolish Virgins’. At the end of the
Karmsund, on the mainland, lies —
15 Kil. (9(2 Engl. M.) Haugesund (Jonasseris Hotel; Olsens;
telegraph-station), locally known as Karmsund, with 5600 inhab.,
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