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way it does not appear to be very successful ;
there is practically but little choice between
buying a carriole or hiring it for the whole of
one’s journey, and therefore carrying it across and
along the fjords, &c., &c., or going on from hand
to mouth as we did. The only exception to this
is in starting from Christiania, where a carriole
may be tab en for a given journey, and sent back
somehow, but the how appears to be rather
uncertain.
Good accommodation is obtainable on most of
the stations of the Fillefjeld. The beefsteaks,
before described, largely prevail. Good coffee
everywhere, variable butter, always genuine, but
frequently flavoured with strange herbs and
flowers that grow with the wild mountain grass.
A legend is still extant which asserts that
Barclay’s XXX may be had at Maristuen.
We passed many terraces of boulder clay topped
with alluvial deposit, their structure being shown
in some cases very distinctly by the section made
by the present river. This wras especially the
case near Blaaflaten station.
Xystuen, our resting place, is at the summit
of the Fillefjeld, about 3300 feet above the sea
level. This fjeld is altogether much finer than
the Dovrefjeld, is well worthy of a visit for its own
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