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Travellers encumbered with much luggage must return to
Eids-borg, and continue their journey thence by the carriage-road
(mentioned above) to Mogen. Riders and pedestrians may, however,
proceed from Ravnejuvet direct to Næsland and Aamot (or Heggestal).
The path at first leads through dense forests, and afterwards descends
rapidly and crosses the Tokeelv. In 1-1 ( 4 hr. we reach the village
of Næsland, where good accommodation may be obtained at the
gaard of Sandok. A stolkjærre may also be procured here for
Hegge-stal (6 kT.) or Aamot (4 kr.). We must, however, ascend on foot
(steep) for 1 4 hr. more, to the gaard of Gjelhus, with an old
‘Stabbur’ said to date from lilo (date forged). The hilly road now
leads through lonely forests. From the higher points we obtain a
view of the Yehuskjarringen (4508 ft.) to the S.E. At the foot of
this mountain is the Hyllandsfos, formed by the Toke-Elv, which
descends from the Totakvand. After passing the Groven gaard and
crossing the Vinje-Elv we reach the great Telemarken high-road
(D/o hr. from Sandok). For Aamot we turn here to the left (W.),
for Heggestel to the right; see p. ‘28.
5. From Christiania to Christiansand.
Steamboats (comp. ’■Aorges CommunicalionerNos. 15a, 163, 168, 175,
177, ISO). About 11-14 steamers start weekly from Christiania for
Christiansand. a distance as the crow flies of 39 Norwegian nautical miles
(156 Engl. 31.). performing the voyage in 16-30 hrs., according to
circumstances (fares IS kr. 45, 12 kr. 30 0.). The larger steamers, bound for Bergen,
Throndhjem, and the North, touch between Christiania and
Christiansand only at Arendal and Lauvvik, while others touch at ten or twelve
intermediate stations. The traveller who proposes to break his journey
at any station between these two towns may perform the first part of
it by one of the small coasting steamers plying to Drøbak (daily).
Holmestrand (daily) , Moss (almost daily) . Tønsberg (almost daily). Sandefjord
(4 times a week). or to Porsgrund and Skien (4 times a week). The
smaller vessels, which touch at numerous stations, ply almost
exclusively ‘indenskjærs\ i.e. within the Skjærgaard, or belt of islands which
flanks almost every part of the Norwegian coast, where the water is
perfectly smooth, while the course of the larger steamers is
’■uden-skjærs’, or outside the islands, where the sea is often rough. The
traveller may. therefore, if he prefer it. perform nearly the whole voyage
to Christiansand in smooth water, with the additional advantage of getting
occasional glimpses of some of the picturesque coast-towns. — 31ost of
the steamers have go. d restaurants on board (breakfast or supper about
l>/2. dinner 2 kr.). and good, though limited sleeping accommodation
(steward’s fee discretionary). — The distances in the following route are given
from station to station.
The * Christiania Fjord, a very picturesque arm of the sea,
about 50 English miles in length, enlivened with frequent
steamboats and sailing vessels, is bounded by banks of moderate
height, which are studded with pleasant looking country-houses,
villages, and towns. The steamer starts from the Bjørvik on the E.
side of Christiania (p. 4), steers between the islands of BLekø and
Grasholm on the one side, commanding to the left a fine view of
the beautiful Bundefjord with its numerous country-houses, and the
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