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on the picturesque hay of Korsedegaard. 102 Kil. Tangen (540 ft.),
with the church of the same name. In the fertile environs lie the
gaards of Korsøde, Hof, and Vik. The train now ascends through
a solitary wooded region to (114 Kil.) Stange (730 ft.), and then
descends through a well-tilled district. 119 Kil. Ottestad (620 ft.),
situated on the Akersvik, which the train crosses hy an
embankment and a bridge.
126Kil. (78M.) Hamar (415 ft.; Rail. Restaurant), see p. 119.
— We now change carriages, and proceed hy the narrow-gauge
Røros Railway.
The train gradually ascends the sparsely peopled and at places
thickly wooded region of Hedemarken. The scenery is
uninteresting, and the stations are unimportant. 129 Kil. Aker (405 ft.);
131 Kil. Hjellum; 135 Kil. Useng. Near (139 Kil.) Hørsand
(570 ft.) we obtain a fine view of the Skreia Mts., to the S. of
Lake Mjesen. 141 Kil. Aadalsbrug. Beyond (144 Kil.) Løiten
(760 ft.) we pass the drilling-ground of Terningmoen, and soon
158 Kil. (98 M.) Elverum (600 ft.; Rail. Restaurant; St. Olafs
Hotel, well spoken of), the first station in the valley of the
Glom-men, the longest river In Norway (entering the sea at Frederikstad),
the valley of which the train follows all the way to Røros. The
important Grundset-Marked, a great horse and timber fair, takes place
here annually in March. The environs of Elverum are strewn with
pleasant-looking farms. The peasantry of Østerdalen, or the district
traversed hy the Glommen and its affluents, are among the richest
in Norway, some of their forest-estates embracing an area of many
square miles. Until recently the value of timber here was small,
from lack of means of transport, hut it has largely increased since the
completion of the railway. The gaards of the wealthier landowners
are most comfortably and even luxuriously fitted up, although
their proprietors still adhere with pride to their original name of
peasants or farmers (Gaardbruger). At the end of June or
beginning of July a number of these stalwart yeomen are frequently to
he seen at Christiania, where it is not uncommon for a single
proprietor to conclude a contract for the sale of a hundred thousand
crowns’ worth of timber. The timber is felled in autumn and
winter, during which seasons the hardy wood-cutters often spend
weeks in the forest, in spite of the intense cold, passing the night
in wretched little huts. The forests are full of game. The
characteristic form of the old-fashioned houses of the district, with
their open roofs and tall chimneys, has been retained in many of
the railway buildings. Comp. Broch’s Kongeriget Norge
(Christiania, 1876).
The next stations are (164 Kil.) Grundset and (171 Kil.) Øxna
(666 ft.). Near (184 Kil.) Aasta (740 ft.) the train crosses the
river of that name.
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