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Beyond the Øfsthvsfos the carriage-road ascends the valley, passing
the farms of Steine (tolerable quarters) and Birkeland, and ending at
(1 hr.) Xetland. From Xetland we may walk by the route mentioned at
p. 57 to t-trandebarm. Another path leads from Xetland to the (4’/e-ö hrs.)
Guard Eikedal or Egedal, on the X. bank of the Etkedalsvand (1000 ft.),
and then descends precipitously past the picturesque Eikedals/os, 285 ft.
in height, to the beautiful Frølandsdal (i Samnanger), in which. 6 Kil.
lower down, lies Tesse (Inn), on the Aadlandfjord, the X. branch of the
Samnanger-Fjord. The whole walk occupies 9-10 hrs. (guide necessary).
From Tøsse we cross in a small boat to (4 Kil.) Aadland (fast
skyds-slation; new Hotel), whence a fine new road (view) leads to (11 Kil.)
Trengereid (31. Trengereid’s Inn; p. 78).
Beyond Norheimsund the steamer touches at Østens®, ox
Aus-lesyn(Inn), on the adjoining hay, another pretty place which attracts
numerous summer-visitors. A mountain-path leads hence to the
(4-5 hrs.) Hamlegrerand (1965 ft.), which affords good fishing.
To the W. of Østensø is a promontory (Xas) separating the bay of
JØstensø from the very narrow and picturesque ®Fiksensund, an arm of
the fjord running towards the X. for a distance of 7 Engl. 31., at the head
of which lies Gaarden Botnen (reached by boat from Østensø in 3Ve-4 hrs.).
High up on the mountain-side beyond the 3>s is seen a huge giant-basin
(Jættegryde), called Gpgrereva (Gygr, ‘giantess’), from the popular tradition
that a giantess standing on the mountain, and endeavouring to draw
several small islands in the fjord towards her, failed from the
breaking of the rope, and caused this indentation by falling hackwards.
— From Botnen a path (guide unnecessary), exceedingly rough and
precipitous at places, ascends the Flatebøgjel (Gjel, ‘rocky ravine’) to the
(5 Kil.) Løkedal sæter and the top of the hill beyond it (2CX.X) ft.), after
which it leads across more level ground to the (6 Kil.) Vossesløle (Støl.
‘sæter") at the X.E. end of the Flamlegrøvand, mentioned ahove. It then
descends by the course of the river issuing from the neighbouring
Thor-finvand (to the E.) to (6 Kil.) Gaarden Skjeldal. whence a good road leads
through pine-forest to (5 Kil.) Grimeslad, at theVW. end of the Vangstand.
Distance thence by road 12 Kil., or by boat 9 Kil.. to Vossevangen
(p. 78). This interesting route from Østensø to Vossevangen takes
12-14 hrs. in all.
Soon after quitting Østenso the steamei commands a view, to
the left, of the Indre Samlen-Fjord, a beautiful reach of the
Hardanger. It either steers straight across the fjord to (11 Kil.) Herand,
lying to the S. of the conspicuous and nearly isolated Samlehovd
or Samlekollc (“2060 ft.), which may he ascended from Herand,
or, passing the mouth of the Fiksensund (see ahove), it skirts the
NAY. hank of the fjord and touches at (13 Kil.) Aalvik, near which
is the picturesque Melaanfos. In the former case, on leaving
Herand, it rounds the Samlehovd, touches at (14 Kil.) Vinæs,
and passes Xesthammer. Whichever of these routes the steamers
take, they all stop at —
117 Kil. (7‘2 31.) Utne(*/7m; telegraph-station), beautifully
situated on the Utnefjord, from which the Samlenfjord, the
Gravenfjord, the Eidfjord, and the Serfjord radiate towards the four
cardinal points of the compass. A path ascends through the
charming valley at the hack of the village to the (‘21/2 hrs.) Hanekamb (3590
ft.), which commands an admirable survey of the Utnefjord,
Eide-fjord, and Sorfjord. The ascent of the Oxen (p. 59) is still more
interesting.
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