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Sætersdalen.
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Sætersdalen
Omtr. 15 Mile fra Christiansand ligger Sætersdalen,
hvis Hovedsogn hedder Valle. Valle isærdel eshed,
som ogsaa hele Sætersdalen ialmindelighed, fortjener
et Besøg, ikke alene for sin Naturskjønhed, men ogsaa
for sin Befolknings Skyld. Det er’ et mærkelig
vel-bygget og staut Folkefærd, som har slaaet sig ned
her. Mændene ere store og bredskuldrede Karle med
en beundringsværdig Lethed og Smidighed i sit Legeme;
det er blot at beklage, at de altfor meget skjule sin
prægtige Figur ved de urimelig lange Benklæder og
korte Trøier. Kvinderne derimod har, især i Bygland,
en særdeles smuk og malerisk Dragt. Denne
Nationaldragt bliver her troere og mei’e uforandret bevaret
end i noget andet Dalføre i det sydlige Norge, og
idethele er Sætersdølen i høi Grad fremdeles
upaa-virket af Bykulturen; dette kommer ogsaa for en Del
frem i den ubundne Tøilesløshed og Raahed, som
bryder ud, naar han faar fat i Brændevin; han drikker,
saalænge der findes noget i Bygden; men naar saa
Byforsyningen i Løbet af en Ugestid er opbrugt, kan
der i flere Maaneder af Aaret saa at sige ikke være en
eneste beruset Mand at se hele Dalen opover.
Bonde-gaardene ere smaa, og kun Faa kunne tjene nok til
at skaffe sig bekvem Bolig; baade Rum, Sengklæder
med videre ere utilstrækkelige, og det er desuden
bekjendt nok, at det, der findes, ikke altid har det
reneste og propreste Udseende. Medens Folk ligger
paa Heiene, er det ogsaa vanskeligt for Mad, saa at
and the shortest of jackets. The women-folk, on the
other hand, especially in Bygland, have a pretty,
picturesque costume. In this sequestered region the
various peculiarities of the national dress have been
preserved Avith greater exactitude than in any other
valley of Southern Norway, and, as yet, Sætersdalen
has been little influenced by town-life. This is plainly
to be seen in the unbridled, half-brutalized conduct
one of these otherwise peaceful dalesman is pretty
sure to exhibit when half-maddened with "Finkel"
(unpurified potatoe-spirit); he diinks constantly, so
long as there is a drop in the "bygd;" but when the
town-supply is once exhausted—which generally takes
about a week—for whole months together you will
hardly see an intoxicated person the whole dale through,
so to speak. The farms are small in extent, and at
very few will the tourist find descent accommodation;
for not only are the rooms and bedclothes insufficient
in number an quantity, their appearance is undeniably
not remarkable for cleanliness. During the season
when the farm-hands are away on the "Heie," provisions
are not easily obtained, and the traveller is generally
compelled to put up at the stations. At Valle good
quarters may be had.
*9 View of Valle, \ . . .
90. View fron» Sæteradnlen, / V1Z dUOVt!-
91. Llndesnaes lighthouse, the oldest in Norway,
is erected at the most southerly point of Norway, at
Lindesnæs (between Mandal and Farsund).
98. The Interior of the Stavanger Cathedral.
The most remarkable building in Stavanger is the
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