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we may visif Ihe Stormdalsfos and the Marble Grotto at its foot, near
the Brediksfjeld. The Urtfjeld, reached by crossing the Stormdalshei, and
the Brediksfjeld command uninterrupted views, embracing the Svartisen
and the Lofoden Islands. The excursion should be continued to the
Svartisen, which descends to the Kvitvaselvdal, and to its ice-fall on
the slope of the Magdajoktind.
From Bjældaanæs it is a day’s ride to (45 Kil.) Storjord in the
Beieren-dal. The route follows the Bjældaadal, passes the Nedre and Øvre
Bjæl-daavand, crosses a pass (2805 ft.), and traverses the Øvre and Nedre
Tol-daadal, past Toldaa and Aasbakke, to Storjord (good quarters at the
underforester’s). From Storjord to Soløen (with the|church of Beieren, p. 247)
14 Kil. more.
From Bjældaanæs to Almindingen in the Saltdal is also a long day’s
journey, during which the traveller meets no one but workmen employed
on the telegraph. The route leads either through the Bjældaadal (following
the telegraph-wires), or through the Gubbelaadal, Randal, and Lønesdal,
which last forms the upper end of the Saltdal. Below the junction of the
Saltdal and Junkersdal lies Gaarden Berghulnæs ; thence to Almindingen and
Rognan, see p. 243. — From Berghulnæs the traveller should proceed to
the E. to the Junkersdals-Gaard. in the Junkersdal (14Kil.; good quarters).
The bridle-path thither leads through the Junkersdalsur, one of the
grandest rocky ravines in Norway, formed by the Kjernfjeld to the E. and the
Solvaagfjeld to the W. (4-5000 ft. high). The route is very dangerous
in winter owing to the frequency of avalanches (Sneskred). Farther
up, the valley is called Graddis, and is traversed by a bridle-path to
Sweden, much frequented in winter, and provided with several
‘Fjeld-stuer’. Many settlements of Lapps are to be met with on the heights in
the Dunderdal and Saltdal, where acquaintance may easily be made with
their Gammer (‘earth-huts’) and their mode of life (comp. p. 254). — From
the Junkersdal to the Saltdal, see p. 243.
The next station, about 6 Kil. to the N.E. of the Rancnfjord, is —
17 Kil. (from Kobberdal) Vigholmen (good quarters),
charmingly situated. The Ranvwringsbaade, pointed skiffs with lofty
hows, recalling the Venetian gondola, are built here. They are
called Fjering, Sexring, vor Ottring, according as they have four,
six, or eight oars (each pair wielded by one rower), these words
being contractions of the numbers 4, 6, 8, in composition with
wring, a termination from Aar (‘oar’). These boats were formerly
amazingly cheap, and even now a substantial ‘Sexring’ can he
bought for 40-50 crowns. The Fembøring (or Fembyrding), a
heavier kind of boat, used in the Lofoden fishery, and accommodating
five men, is also built here. As might be expected, the Norwegian
boatmen are much more adroit in the management of their craft than
most other continental oarsmen.
From Vigholmen the steamboat steers to the N.W. between the
islands of Huglen, Hannesø, and Tombø. To the E. are seen the
S.W. spurs of the Svartisen, and to the W. the singularly shaped
islands of Lovunden and the group of Threnen (Tlirenstavene).
Till former, upwards of *2000 ft. high, is 20 Engl. M., and the
latter, a group which is equally lofty, consisting of four rocky
islands, 28 Engl. AI. distant; but both seem quite near in clear
weather. These islands are the haunt of dense flocks of sea-birds
(Lunnen, Lundefugle, Mormon Arcticus), which nestle in the
clefts of the rocks and arc caught by dogs trained for the purpose.
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