CHAPTER XII.

Ketil--A few sheep in the wilderness--Brown Ryper--The Norwegian peasants bad naturalists--More bridal-stones--The effect of glacial action on rocks--“Catch hold of her tail”--Author makes himself at home in a deserted châlet--A dangerous playfellow--Suledal lake--Character of the inhabitants of Sætersdal--The landlord’s daughter--Wooden spoons--Mountain paths--A mournful cavalcade--Simple remedies--Landscape painting--The post-road from Gugaard to Bustetun--The clergyman of Roldal parish--Poor little Knut at home--A set of bores--The pencil as a weapon of defence--Still, still they come--A short cut, with the usual result--Author falls into a cavern--The vast white Folgefond--Mountain characteristics--Author arrives at Seligenstad--A milkmaid’s lullaby--Sweethearts--The author sees visions--The Hardanger Fjord--Something like scenery pp. 238-259