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Bode, see p. 239. — The mail steamer steers round the
Hjerte, running chiefly within the Skjærgaard. On the left rises
the mountainous island of Landegode (p. 243).
32 Kil. (20 Engl. M.) Kjarringe, the first station, lies to the
S. of the Foldenfjord, the surroundings of which are very grand.
The lower part of the mountains has frequently been worn quite
smooth by glacier-action, while their summits are pointed and
serrated like the Aiguilles of Mont Blanc. One mountain in
particular, of which Prof. Forbes gives a sketch (‘Norway’, p. 58),
presents the appearance of an extinct crater. At the head of the
Foldenfjord rise other huge mountains, the peak of one of which
resembles the Matterhorn.
The Foldenfjord divides into the Nordfolden and the Sørfolden, to
both of which a local steamer (‘Salten’) plies from Bodø on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, in 10-12 hrs. (comp. Communicalioner, Xo. 291). The stations
are Jlyklebostad (10 Kil. to the X. of Bodø), Kjærringer, Leines (on the
Leinesfjord, to the X. of Xordfolden), Nordfolden, Resvik (accommodation
at the Landhandler’s), and Bybvik (at the end of Sørfolden, on Thursdays
only). From Bybvik across the Fuskeeid to Fuske on the Saltenfjord, see
p. 242. The scenery is exceedingly wild, and there are very few signs
of cultivation. — From Sørfolden the Leerfjord diverges to the X.E.;
from Xordfclden branch off the Vinkefjord, with its prolongation the
Star-fjord, and the Merkesvik fjord. These fjords are almost entirely uninhabited.
Shortly before reaching (36 Kil.) Grete (telegraph-station), the
steamboat passes through the Gissund, an extremely narrow strait,
the bottom of which is often distinctly visible through the clear
green water immediately under the steamer, and where the
navigation requires great caution. It then passes between the
Engel-vcer on the W. and theSkotsfjord, with the Skotstinder, on the
E.. steers eastwards into the Flagsund, bounded by the mainland
on the S. and the Engele (Stegen) on the N., and stops at —
20 Kil. (121/2 Engl. M.) Boge. Steering in a sharp curve round
Stegen, we observe on the right the beautiful, but sequestered
Sagfjord, which extends inland to Temmernas, about 4 sea-miles
distant. Farther on, leaving the Lunde to the right, the vessel
again steers out into the Vestfjord, which separates the chain of
the Lofoden and Yesteraalen from the mainland. In clear weather
a magnificent *Yiew is here disclosed of Lofotvceggen (see below),
one of the most superb sights on the whole voyage. We now
traverse the open fjord, unprotected by islands, which slowly
contracts. To the right rises the peak of the Hammeretind.
The Lifoden and Vesteraalen groups are separated from each
other by the Raftsund (p. 248), all the islands on the W. of this
boundary belonging to the Lofoden, and those on the E. and
N. to Yesteraalen. The Lofoden Islands describe a long curve
towards the W. and S.. somewhat resembling a horn, which tapers
towards the S. from the Hinde; and they have not inaptly been
likened to the skeleton of some vertebrate animal, the smaller
vertebræ of the tail being at the S. end. Most of these islands
lie so close together that no opening in their long mountain chain
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