By what I could see in the dim twilight, the scene was beautiful.

Numerous islands, some merely consisting of bare rocks, others overgrown with slender pines, surrounded us on all sides.

But our pilot understood his business perfectly, and steered us safely through to Sandesund, spite of the dark night.

Here we anchored, for it would have been too dangerous to proceed.

We had to wait here for the steamer from Bergen, which exchanged passengers with us.