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Thelemarken.
Thelemarken.
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tokol, i hvilken de Reisende kunne tegne sine Navne.
I Lang fondsæter en under Gaustdknæerne, i den halve
Høide, erholdes Hvile og Forfriskning.
36. isaiidaggvantiet er et prægtigt Fjeldvand,
af lignende Karakter som Tinsjøen, hvis Fjelde dog
have et mere nøgent og alvorligt Udseende.
Bandags-vandet ligger kun 220 Fod over Havet og kan paa
fiere Steder fremvise en storartet Naturskjønhed. Af
de Bandagsvandet omgivende Fjelde kan fremhæves
„Munken" med Skikkelse af en Munk, der velsigner
en knælende Kvinde. I Nærheden af Bandagsvandet
ligger Trisæt Sanatorium med smukke Omgivelser.
3J. uiefoM. Paa det Sted, hvor Songa falder ud
i Nordsjø, er den store og betydelige Eiendom,
Jernværket Ulefos særdeles vakkert beliggende paa en liden
Høide, med en stor og smuk Park.
3«. Michaeltihuleii. Ved Nordsjø og i den
nederste Del af Lifjeidet ser man en stor Hule, der
benævnes Micliaelshulen eller MicJiaelskirJcen, fordi den i
den katholske Middelalder har været brugt til at holde
Gudstjeneste i.
39. Löveid Kanal, som forbinder Skiens Kanal
med Nordsjø, er et af Landets mest storartede
Kanalanlæg og frembyder tillige forTouristen mange smukke
og seværdige Punkter. Kanalen har 4 Sluser.
body of water, the lower half of the falls is completely
hidden in a cloud of mist and spray: hence the name,
„Rjukanfos", — smoking or seething waterfall. We
will not attempt a description of anything so
wonderful and sublime: let those who can, repair to the spot,
and view with their own eyes this master-piece of
Nature’s. The day-book at Dale contains enough of
enthusiastic descriptions, both in prose and verse, in
half the languages of Europe. The path down the
mountain-side, made by the tourists’ Club, to obtain
a finer view of the Foss, is now blocked up, being
considered dangerous. The huge projecting rock which
tourists are in the habit of climbing, is no longer secure,
and should not in future be ascended. Except to say,
„I have been there too", little is to be gained by
taking the well known, „Maristienwhich stretches
upwards in an oblique direction: at least none but
experienced Alpine tourists should venture on so
dangerous a path.
The view of Gausta from this point is strikingly
singular. It is hard to conceive, that the sharp-pointed
pyramid, seen here from the north, is the mountain
that, from the east, has the appearance of an immence
ridge, Gausta Fjeld is wedge-shaped; you can literality
bestride the topmost stone, and gaze down upon the
smooth, but abruptly sloping sides, thousands of feet
in depth. Connected rock is not to be seen; nothing
but a vast incline of debris, huge blocks of quartz,
sharp and rugged, which cold and the weather have
detached from the very summit. Adventuresome people
have slid down the Langfonnen, or picked their way
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