I need only mention the splendid view of a portion of Christian's Sound--also called Fiord--which I lost on the former journey from the darkness of the night.

We passed it in the afternoon.

The situation of the little town of Lauervig is superb.

It is built on a natural terrace, bordered in the background by beautiful mountains.

In front, the fortress of Friedrichsver lies on a mountain surrounded by rocks, on which little watch-towers are erected; to the left lies the vast expanse of sea.
We were delayed an hour at Friedrichsver to transfer the travellers for Bergen {50} to a vessel waiting for them, as we had stopped on our previous journey at Sandesund for the same purpose.
This is the last view in the fiord; for now we steered into the open sea, and in a few hours we had lost sight of land.