CHAPTER XXX.. A Trip to the Vöring-Foss.

A TRIP TO THE VÖRING-FOSS.

Parting View of Bergen--Lovely Scenery--Interested Kindness--The Roads of Norway--Uncomfortable Quarters--Voyage on the Osterfjord --Bolstadören--Swindling Postillions--Arrival at Vossevangen-- Morning Scenery--Agriculture in Norway--Destruction of the Forests --Descent to Vasenden--A Captain on Leave--Crossing the Fjeld--The Shores of Ulvik--Hardanger Scenery--Angling and Anglers--Pedar Halstensen--National Song of Norway--Sæbö--A stupendous Defile --Ascent of the Fjeld--Plateau of the Hardanger--The Vöring-Foss --Its Grandeur--A Sæter Hut--Wonderful Wine. 341