CHAPTER XVII.

The Dangerous Straits--British Seamanship--The Glaciers of Folgefonde--Bergen--Habits of the Fishermen--The Sogne Fiord--Leerdal--Arrival at Auron--A Hospitable Host-- Ascending the Mountains--The Two Shepherdesses--Hunting the Rein-Deer--Adventure on the Mountains--Slaughtering Deer--The Fawn 336