Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . LOVUNDEN AND THRENEN ISLANDS. lone rocks exposed to the swell of the North Sea—remindedme forcibly of the scenery on the west coast of Shet-land, which very naturally has a striking analogy withNorway in very many particulars. The cliffs of Lovundenresemble those of Foula, seen from St. Magnus Bay, andwhich I had ardently wished to visit. On the land siderose the (Extind, a blunt cone of rock, apparently quiteinaccessible, still patched with snow on the summit, andpresen
Norway and its glaciers, visited in 1851 : followed by journals of excursions in the high Alps of Dauphné, Berne and Savoy . LOVUNDEN AND THRENEN ISLANDS. lone rocks exposed to the swell of the North Sea—remindedme forcibly of the scenery on the west coast of Shet-land, which very naturally has a striking analogy withNorway in very many particulars. The cliffs of Lovundenresemble those of Foula, seen from St. Magnus Bay, andwhich I had ardently wished to visit. On the land siderose the (Extind, a blunt cone of rock, apparently quiteinaccessible, still patched with snow on the summit, andpresenting one of the most striking objects of its kind Iever saw. I ought not to compare it with the MontCervin of the Alps; yet it is not without analogy. It risesnearly from the sea, and its base is undulated by those (EXTIND — HESTMAND. 51 same shaven and furrowed rocks which enforce, by contrast,the rugged elevation of the CEXTIND. The same remark applies to the island called Hest-mand, or Horseman, under which we sailed in the courseof the evening. Its form is singular, and is said in somepoints of view to resemble a cloaked horseman in us it was interesting, as announcing our arrival at theArctic Circle. The roclies moutonnees here sink under thewaves; the middle region of the island is green; indeed,at every spot where soil could accumulate between therocks, either of coast or island, we now became sensibleof the existence of a peculiarly fresh and verdant arcticvegetation forced into rapid development by the un-ceasing presence of the sun. I was assured that on theseemingly bare Hestmando the grass was knee deep. At 52 NOEDLAND. 11 we turned sharply into the pretty bay of Rodo, withits tidy pleasant merchants dwelling and warehouses. Thecoast now rose before us and on the right, with more thancommon majesty; and over the snowy summits of Fon-dalen, which were free from the slightest
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