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the new railway-bridge (see below). It is interesting to watch the
timber shooting over the fall. On the E. bank there is a channel
(‘Tommerrende’) for the descent of the sawn wood. The gallery
here (not very secure-looking) affords the best **View of the fall,
which probably surpasses the Trollhätta in height and volume.
It is, however, advisable to descend to the bank and walk as far as
the last house, whence the fall is seen in its full extent. The
Salmon Ladder should also be noticed. In the winter of 1702 a
portion of the right bank, 2000 ft. long and 1200ft. broad, on
which lay a large farm-house, having been gradually undermined
by the action of the water, was precipitated into the waterfall, a
catastrophe which caused the death of fourteen persons and about
200 cattle. — From Sarpsborg to Ski, see p. 276.
The train now crosses the Glommen by a lofty bridge,
commanding a view of the Sarpsfos to the right. 119 Kil. Skjeberg
(128 ft.), situated in a marshy hollow; 131 Kil. Berg (230 ft.).
The scenery here is tame and monotonous, woods and patches of
arable land (Smaa-Lene) alternating with marshes and meadows.
Farther on the train passes through several tunnels and reaches the
Jddcfjord. Stations Reemmen and Rød. To the left rises a wall of
rock. We cross the Tistedals-Elv and soon reach —
136Kil. (84M.) Fredrikshald. — Hotels. ^ScHULTz’slIoTELfPl.b;
I), 3), Kirkestræde, R. 2 kr. 40, B. 80 Ö., German landlord ; Jernbane
Hotel (Pl. a: D, 3), at the railway-station, Jwell spoken of; Svea Hotel,
less conveniently situated.
Steamers tö Strömstad (p. 2S2), Gothenburg, and Christiania (daily
except Sun.), see R. 34. A steamer also plies to Ski (p. 276). — The
ascent of the Fredriksslen (there and back) takes about l1/: hr., including
the excursion to Wein 3 hrs. (carr. 7 kr.).
Fredrikshald, an old town, rebuilt after a fire in 1826, is
picturesquely situated on both banks of the Tistedals-Elv, which
here enters the Iddefjord. It is an important commercial place and
one of the centres of the timber traffic of the E. districts of
Norway and the adjoining parts of Sweden. On the S.E. it is
commanded by the once important fortress of Fredrikssten. The town
contains 11,200 inhab.. including numerous wealthy merchants,
whose handsome, villas line the bank of the fjord.
Fredrikshald owes its name and its fortress to the bravery with
which the inhabitants repelled the attacks of the Swedes in 165S, 1659,
and 1660, in consequence of which Frederick II. exchanged its old name
of Halden for the present form. The Swedes under Charles XII. again
attacked the town in 1716, but were again unsuccessful, chiefly owing to
the gallantry of the brothers Peder and Hans Kolbjernsen. In 1718
Charles XII. besieged Fredrikshald a second time, hut was shot in the
trenches at the back of the fortress of Fredrikssten on 11th Dec. of that
year, whereupon the siege was raised by his army.
A picturesque *Walk may be taken along the harbour(Pl. C, 4),
commanding a fine view of the Fredrikssten and of the wooded islet
of Saugø, to which we may row in a small boat (10 ö.). Crossing
the island through a narrow ravine we gain on the other side
(10 min.) a beautiful view of the fjord and the island of Bratø.
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