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Hitterdal, near Konsgberg, are about the oddest
specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in existence.
If they existed alone, with no other remains to
indicate the former dimensions of the people of
the district, an archaeologist might fairly infer that
their average height was about 36 inches. For such
a race of pigmies this church of Borgund would be
quite suitable, and in fair proportion. A third
church of the same kind existed at Wang, near
Trondhjem. King William IV., of Prussia, took a
fancy to it, had it packed up and sent by “ parcels
delivery ” to the Riesengebirge, where it is put
together again, like a toy puzzle. The engraving
is a correct representation of this architectural
oddity. Its origin appears to be unrecorded.
Murray says that it “ seems to have been built in
the eleventh or twelfth century,” and describes
its architecture as “German Romanesque.” If
I were a bold theorist I should say that once
upon a time, and in those old times when the
sturdy craft of the sea kings crossed the Atlantic,
cruised throughout the Mediterranean, rounded the
Cape of Good Hope, and in fact went wherever
there was water to float them ; an adventurous
Viking who had been cruising on the coasts of
the China Sea, and collecting pigtails for a local
Scandinavian museum, proceeded northwards, till
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