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tares, 3 kr., 1 kr. 85 <>.). passing Tjerna, Lennheden, where the
line crosses the Dal-Elf, Dufnäs, the steep rock of Djurmoklack,
Djums, where the Vester and Öster Dal-Elf join, and Gagnef.
At Insjön, which lies on a little lake of the same name through
which flows the Öster Dal-Elf, we embark in one of the steamers
plying on Lake Siljan, and belonging to the‘Öster Dalarne’company
(daily, with alternating routes; to Mora in 3t/o-5 hrs.; fares,
4 kr., 1 kr. 75 ö.; return-tickets, a half more). The steamer steers
first iip the Öster Dal-Elf to (y2 hr.) Leksand (*Inn), situated on
the Östervik, theS. bay of Lake Siljan. Here on Sunday mornings
the traveller has a good opportunity of seeing the peculiar
costumes of the natives, who assemble to church by land and water
from all quarters. The Käringberg, to the N. of Leksand, commands
an extensive view.
Lake Siljan (540 ft.), called also ‘Dalarne’s Öga’ (the eye of
Dalecarlia),enclosedbypartly-woodedbanksof moderate height,owes
much of its interest to the inhabitants of its banks, who have
preserved many of their primitive characteristics. They are generally poor,
owing to the great subdivision of the land, but they supplement their
agricultural pursuits with the manufacture of watches, bells,
furniture, grindstones, and with other crafts, which they carry on in
tlieir own houses (husslöjd). Many of the young men (Dalkarlar)
and young women (Dalkullor) seek employment iu other parts of the
country, and return with their earnings to settle in their native
province. In their ideas of cleanliness they are somewhat behind
the age, but there are very fair inns at all the principal places to
which travellers resort. The best time to visit Lake Siljan is in
the height of summer, when the vegetation is in perfection , and
when the younger members of the community while away the long
twilight with dances around the richly decked village may-poles.
Leaving Leksand, the steamboat reaches the principal part of
the lake in about 3/4 hr. To the left is the Björkberg, rising from
the middle of the peninsula of Siljansnäs. To the right opens the
bay of Rättviken, at the head of which is the village of that name,
with the *Hotel Karlsvik and an old church, beautifully situated
in the ‘Arcadia of Dalarne.’ — On some voyages the
steamboat steers hence directly to the N. end of the lake. The wide
lake narrows at the large island of (l3 4-2hrs. from Rättvik or
Leksand) Sollerön, to the W. of which, on the mainland, rises the
Gesundaberg (1125 ft.), the highest hill on the banks of the lake.
Mora (tolerable Inn, where a carriage may be obtained), a
large village with a church, pleasantly situated at the N.W. end
of Lake Siljan, with which various reminiscences of Gustavus
Vasa are associated, lies 64 Kil. from Leksand and 43 KiL from
Rättvik. Here we spend the night, returning on the following
day by the same route. Near the bank of the lake here is the
so-called Klockgropsbacke, from which Gustavus once addressed the
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