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gradually to the Laagen, which here begins to assume the character
of a mountain-torrent. About 8 Kil. beyond Listad, near the gaard
of Solbraa, the stream forms the fall of Harpefos (not visible from
the road).
10 Kil. Moen i Setorp (clean quarters, well spoken of). About
2 Kil. farther on is the private station of Byre, with an inn. A road
to the right, crossing the Laagen, leads hence to Kvikne and Skabo,
whence a dreary track ascends to Jotunheira (not recommended).
Comp. R. 16.
The scenery now becomes of a wilder and grander description.
The valley turns to the N., and then, beyond Gaarden Vik (good
quarters), to the W. To the left, about t/o Engl. M. on this side of
Storklevstad, is a monument to Capt. Sinclair (see below).
12 Kil. Storklevstad (quarters dear) lies a little below the
church of Kvam (870 ft.). The road now traverses a poor district,
partly wooded with stunted pines and birches. The fields are
irrigated by means of numerous cuttings (Rienner). The cottages of
the Husmand, or farm-labourers, called Stuer, are usually roofed
with turf. The large slabs of slate common in this district are used
for making walls, for roofing purposes, and for the drying of malt.
A number of small gaards are perched on the hill-side in apparently
inaccessible situations. The magpie (Skjer), an object of
superstitious veneration among the Norwegian peasantry, is frequently
seen here. The river here forms numerous rapids and cataracts.
The road has now attained a height of ahout 1000 ft. above the
sea-level, or GOO ft. above the Laagen. The Sjoa here falls into
the Laagen.
Immediately above the confluence of the Sjoa and Laagen a road
diverges to the left, crosses the Laagen, and ascends the valley of the Sjoa
to the church of Hedalen and (25 Kil. from Storklevstad) Bjølstad, one
of the largest and most interesting gaards in Korwav, the proprietor of
which claims to be of royal descent. Tbe next stations are Nordre Snerle
and (24 Kil.) Sørum (p. 131).
The road now passes the new district-prison, and reaches the
station of —
16 Kil. Bredevangen (*Inn), beautifully situated. The
background of the Alpine picture, looking up the valley, is formed
by the massive Formokampcn (4835 ft.). A little beyond
Bredevangen the Laagen is joined on the left by the green and copious
Otta-Elv, through the valley of which a road leads to (11 Kil.)
Aaxoren, (16 Kil.) Snerle, and (7 Kil.) Serum (p. 131).
On the right side of the road, about halfway between Bredevangen
and Moen, is the steep hill called Kringlen, which was formerly
traversed by the old road. On 26th August, 1612, when Col.
Ramsay and Capt. Sinclair with 900 Scottish auxiliary troops, who had
landed a few days previously at the Klungenæs on the
Itomsdals-fjord, were attempting to force their way through Norway to join
the Swedes, who were then at war with the Norwegians, they were
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