Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . e covered withsnow patches, but not reaching the snow line, have, asusual, a dreary aspect. The summit level is a bleak andnearly horizontal pass between two ranges of mountains ofno great height—the road attaining 3900 English feet abovethe sea, and the highest point of the neighbouring range, 182 THE FILLE-FIELD. being the Suletind, rising to 5890 English feet, which is saidto command very fine views of the mountains to the north, in-cluding the Horungerne and Ymes-fie
Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . e covered withsnow patches, but not reaching the snow line, have, asusual, a dreary aspect. The summit level is a bleak andnearly horizontal pass between two ranges of mountains ofno great height—the road attaining 3900 English feet abovethe sea, and the highest point of the neighbouring range, 182 THE FILLE-FIELD. being the Suletind, rising to 5890 English feet, which is saidto command very fine views of the mountains to the north, in-cluding the Horungerne and Ymes-field. The road, how-ever, does not command any extensive views, being con-ducted through a natural depression in the chain. The birchdisappears at the highest level, but reappears at Nystuen,which is very little lower on the eastern side, a comfortableinn, situated in a cold valley beneath a crag of black meta-morphic rock, with a gloomy lake at a lower level. The descent brings us to the upper end of the LittleMiosen Lake, which is bold but bare. The lower endoffers a scene of remarkable beauty—especially as seen in. coming from Christiania; the lake has contracted to astrait, then widened into a lesser basin, whose southern sideis extremely precipitous, and surmounted by one of thesteepest highways in Norway.* The rocks are adorned with * The state of this thoroughfare a century ago is thus graphically de-scribed by Pontoppidan :— The most dangerous though not the most difficultroad I have met with in my several journeys in Norway, is that betwixtSkogstadt and Vang, in Volders; along the fresh water lake called Little VALDERS—BRUFLAT. 183 hanging wood, chiefly spruce fir and birch. Farther on, thecountry becomes more level, and the road passes throughdense woods of spruce, which pleasingly contrast with thebareness of the Fille-field. We are now in the district calledValders, a peculiarly peaceful and industrious region, resem-bling in many respects some of the lower p
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