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Stene i Be on the Lang#, an island with numerous peninsulas,
fjords, and narrow isthmuses, forming nearly the whole W. side
of the Vesteraalen group, and containing together with the Skogse
five different parishes (Fjerdinger). We next call at —
Stokmarknæs, steer through the narrow Børøsund to Kvitnirs,
in the Hind#, and thence to the N., between the Lange and the
Hind#. During the whole passage the Mesadelen remains in view.
Its glacier is said to be the saddle of a maiden giantess fleeing
from her pursuers, all of whom, like herself, have been transformed
into stone. The scenery here is both grand and pleasing. At —
Sortland (quarters at Ellingson’s) on the Sortlandsund we may
disembark and await the return of the steamer on the following day,
occupying the interval with a visit by rowing-boat (sexring)
across the sound to the ‘Eiderholme’, or breeding-place of the
eider-ducks, the down from which is soimportant a source ofweaith
to northern countries. The next station is —
Skjoldehavn in theisland of And# (p. xxxii). The island of And#,
about 270 Engl. sq. M. in area, is less picturesque than the others
of the Vesteraalen group, a great part of it being occupied with
flat marshes, where the ‘Multebær’ grow abundantly. The highest
mountain in the island, to the W. of Ramsaa, about 1850 ft. in
height, commands a magnificent view, but the ascent is marshy
and rough. The most northerly station is Risehavn.
A local steamer from Tromsø or Harstadhavn (p. 250) plies to the Andø,
calling at Dverberg and Risehavn, whence a visit may be paid to the
coal-fields of Ramsaa.
Opposite Skoldehavn lies Alfsvaag in the Lange, situated
on the Gavlfjord, which separates the Lange from the And#. The
steamer proceeds as farsas Langenas, the N. extremity of the
Lange, returns thence, and steers round the SJ end of the Ande to
Nyksund, Sommerø, Bredstrand, and Sundere on the W. coast.
The large mail-steamers steer E. from Svolvaer to —
45 Kil. (28 Engl. M.) Trane i Hammer (telegraph-station), on
an irregular peninsula on the mainland.
21 Kil. (13 Engl. M.) Korsnces (telegraph-station),^at the
entrance of the Tysfjord, on which a steamer plies to
Kjebsvig^Com-inunicationer’, No. 292). The Tysfjord has various ramifications,
including the Hellemofjord and the Botnfjord (extending to within
7 Engl. M. of the Swedish frontier), the Grundfjord, tha Munfjord,
and the picturesque Stedfjord, above which rises the Stedtind.
From Musken, near tbe head of the Hellemofjord, a route leads by Kraakmo,
situated between the 4th and 5th of the seven lakes bearing the name of
Ragvand, to Tømmernæs on the Sagfjord, and another to Ilopen on the
Nordfolden (p. 244). — From Kraakmo (where excellent quarters are
obtainable) we may ascend the huge Kraakmotind, and make an
excursion by the 5th, Gth, and 7th Sagvand (the boat being dragged across the
intervening necks of land) to the magnificent primaeval forest adjoining the
7th lake. Travellers from Kraakmo to Tømmernæs on the Sagfjord (10 Engl.
M.) cross the four lower Sagvand lakes by boat. A waterfall 50 ft. high is
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