The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

way so far known are the Voeriug-fos and
the Skjeggedal-fos. Both of these are in
the Hardanger district. noted also for its
sublime ford and mountain scenery, the
latter comprising the vast Folgcfond or
glacier field, and its handsome, hospita-
BILE. picturesque and thoroughly charac-
teristic peasantry. The Voering-fos is
reached from Vik, on the Ed Fiord a
branch of the noble Hardanger. The
going and coming, leisurely done, requires
day. You ride in the saddle to the
little Clifford; are rowed upon this to the
Maabo Farm; and here other ponies are
secured for long and dangerous scram-
BILE up and down wild and broken noun
tain into the exquisite valley of Maabo
1t is like giant bowl carved out of ebony
with an emerald bottom. The sides rise
thousands of feet to fields, never free of
snow and ice The Bioreia river bravls
and foams through the valley. At one
side is wild ravine 5000 feet deep.
Into this pours the Voering-f0s
from an altitude of 2,22j feet The
upper masses are split and broken for
l.20J feet, where they accumulate in a
gigantic rock basin. and, then, with added
tremendous force make their final awful
plunge for between 200 and 500 feet. Aside
from the appalling savage surroundings,
and horrible roaring Of the almost rock
surrounded cauldron, the Noerng-fos pos
sesSesa weird fascination from the mighty
volume OF water rebonnding from the
rocky, narrow pept bottom of the gorge
in dense column of dazzling foam and
vapor, nearly as high as The waterfall
itS1lf
Something like the journey to the Voer-
ingfo that To the Skj@ggcdal-fos is
made by land and water, but ponies can
not be utilized. One must walk The
scenery all the way from the hamlet of
Odde is surprisingly grand, com
prlslng many other important
waterfalls, lordiy mountain peaks,
somber gorges, and rearward, the vast
spectral eXpanse of the Folgefond ice
fields. The last part of the journey is by
row boat across a magnificent mountain
lake, 1,500 feet above the sea, the Ringe-
dalsvand into which the Skjaggekal-f
really pours its waters. The total hight
OF this lion Of Norwegian waterfalls does
not exceed that of the Voering-fos, but its
surroundings are more weirdly savage and
grand. The water, descends at first in a
score of veil-like steamers, dazzling white
against ebon black. From the vast and
terribly thunderous abyss where these
leap and rebound with frantic fury one
mighty fall descends. From the second
great whirlpool the entire volume is dis
charged. something like the Niagara
rapids, though in sleeper cascades into
the Ringedalsvand still a thousand feet
below the bottom of the great fall From
the foot of the latter the entire spectacle
is like tremendous streamers OF white
dropped from glittering glaciers, which
crown the mountains behind aud above.
at last gathered into one noun tain-high
fieecy fold, which In turn is whipped and
torn into vagrant billowy masses to the
steely blue lake far below
Not having traversed the glacier fields
OF Norway. | can have no knowledge of
the vast and overpowering scenes that
may be gained from their frozen nights
But all things considered. and admitting
the human element into scenic effects
with its always warmth of influence, /
believe the two finest views to be had in
Norway are at Mode, and the 'King's
View from above Sundvalden. From an
easily accessible great elevation behind
Mode one can gaze not only upon human
habitatiOns beneath, the sea sweeping In
through the tremendous walls of the
ford, curious and quaint craft which play
along the coast, hundreds of picturesque
islands, bat a vast amphitheater Of noun
tains rising tier upon tier, until lost ia
glittering nights which blend with the
sky and clouds. Among these weird. Tar
nights are the fantastic Romsdalhorn. the
Matterhorn Of Norway; Snehatten with
its white and dazzling helmet; tho weird
and mighty horn Of Perpuatind; the ser.