The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-11-17
". H. TiIlinShast, D. D, S.
22O WESTMINSTER ST.,
PROVIDENCE, X.
FJORDS OF NORWAY.

Instructive Description of "a stern ana
Picturesque Country.
Tho Uords or iiords arc docp-sca
greeks, running far into the mountains
and tho inland on the whole coast,
from the far north down 90 the border
OF Sweden. In some instances thoso
creeks arc over hundred miles long,
from one TO four miles broad, and IA
deep as the outer sea. They ramify
into countless arms, jagged and rough.
On typographical map they bavo
been likcncd 10 the bent trunk of
dead tree, with the larger gnnrlcd
branches projecting, but stripped Of
smaller limbs. These branches end In
deep, narrow valleys extending still
farther inland. In which are long.
deep lakes on higher attitudes and
once combinations Of the iiOrds before
the country was lifted high above tho
sea. From these Gords huge mount
aims lit their PERCEPTIONS heights from
one 90 five thousand feet directly from
the water. with here and there steep
slopes, on which little patches Of culti-
vable lands minglo with tho prccipiccs
as If they had been hung upon them 10
dry. Generally, however the mount
aims lit at once In sheer procipiccs, or
In mighty rocks with little terraces on
which stuntcd trees find scanty foot
hold, or lodges green with light grass.
Behind these mountains arc upper
mountain platcaus, covered with gla~
clcrs and eternal SHOWS, and over their
crcsts pour waterfalls, 80 far up that
they are lost In mist, 90 bo again
gathered into tumbling streams on
lower rocky projections, or having
gradual dcsccnts, they hang liko
silycry bands, ono and two thousand
feet long, on the frOwning mass OF
granite. Tho mountains arc all Of
volcanic origin, and stand ns they
stood when first cooled of, after being
bclchcd forth from the deep bowels OF
the earth, moro or less modified by tho
action OF water and frOsts through
countless ages. They lit in monster
dOmcs, rounded and bald headed,
smooth and nearly solid, and could
they be- looked upon from far-OH
heights they would appear as vast
watcr-wOrn bowldcrs, strcwn In ir-
regular order on the face Of tho land.
In one regard they make this one OF
the oldest parts of the earth, for they
are all composed Of primary rocks.
thrown up by the globes eternal fires,
and bear upon themselves no second
airy formation. in fact, however, !
suspect that this Is ono of tho newest
of lands, and Is the creation Of one Of
the worlds later cataclasms. This Is
evidenced, first by the absence Of over
lying stratiGcd rocks ind clays, and
yet more strikingly by the sharp lines
and edges Of monster frngmcntary
rocks which often lic in Titanic masses
~ they fcll down from tho heights
into gOrges and narrow valleys, broken
from their moorings by too rapid cool
ing. Vast piles of these fragments
arc often met with, piled Ike Ossa
upon PcliOn, into lofty hills. These
great fragments arc seen two or moro
hundred feet In diameter. with edges
as sharp as II they had been cloaycd
but yesterday, resting upon underly-
ing monsters. with croyiccs ~ large
a. caves. and on points 20 small that "A
few strokes Of slcdgchammcr would
change the position Of countless mil
lions 81 tons. There are no pinnaclcs.
needles and horns 90 be- seen In Nor
way piercing the skies ~ in the Alps
or our own Rockies, but the tallcst
points present somewhat rounded
crowns on tho background ~ the sky.
-Carter H. HarrtpH. IN Chicago Nal.