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lies the low and narrow Hopseid, separating it from the Hopsfjord,
a branch of the Tanafjord (p. 266 ; a canal through the Hopseid is
projected). The valleys descending to the Laxefjord, like those
in the Porsanger and Tana Fjords, are all very short, with level
floors, generally several hundred feet above the water. We
observe numerous old coast-levels , some of them 200 ft. high , and
usually two of them together, one above the other. The Fjare
(lestuarium), or shore between high and low-water mark, is also an
object of interest. The Drottviknaring, the promontory between
the Laxefjord and the Kjøllefjord, is a majestic mass of slate-rock,
divided into perpendicular sections, and furrowed by deep gullies,
at the head of Avhich there are large deposits of snow. At the
extremity of the promontory rises the *Store Finkirke, a huge rock,
formerly held by the Lapps in superstitious reverence; in the
Kjøllefjord, a little beyond it, is the Lille Finkirke, resembling a
ruin. The vertical strata of sandstone here are not unlike a basaltic
formation. At the head of the fjord we reach —
53 Kil. (33 Engl. M.) Kjøllefjord, an ‘Annexkirke’ of Lebesby,
with several houses and ‘Gammer’ (see p. 254). The shore is
covered with boulders, and the pilots state that the bottom of the fjord
is completely paved with them. An ancient coast-level is distinctly
traceable on the right.
Leaving the Kjøllefjord the vessel steers round the Rødevag
(‘red wall’) to the station of (17 Kil.) Skjøtningberg, and along the
bold rocky bank of the Corgas-Njarga (pron. Chorgash), a large
peninsula connected with the mainland by the narrow isthmus of
Ilopseid, already mentioned.
14 Kil. Sandfjord. The N. extremity of the peninsula is the
*Nordkyn (or Kinnerodden), in 71° 6’ N. lat., or 5’ (nearly 6
Engl. M.) to the S. of the North Cape, but really the northernmost
point of the mainland of Europe, and almost surpassing the N. Cape
in grandeur. Two bold mountains on the W. side guard the entrance
to a basin, bounded by a perpendicular cliff with a horizontal top,
in which lies Sandvar, a solitary fisherman’s hut. The masses of
quartzose rock, broken into enormous slabs, have a very imposing
effect. The snow extends at places down to the water’s edge. Part
of the Nordkyn has become detached from it, leaving a passage
through which boats can pass. Fishing-boats sometimes obtain
refuge here, but in certain states of the wind the Afløsning
(‘detached portion’) affords no shelter. Immediately to the E. of the
Nordkyn is a deep Gully (‘Kile’) in the rocks, into which large
blocks of stone have fallen, leaving openings below them
(described by Keilhau, ‘Reise’, pp. 79, 80).
Beyond the Nordkyn on the right are the promontories of
Smør-bringa and the flat Sletncrs, with a curious rock-formation called
‘ Biskopen’.
The next station is ( 17 .M.) Meharn, with the train-oil manu-
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