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| Keywords: Soleberg Fall (JW Edy plate 59).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en Soleberg Fall No LIX SOLEBERG FALL On the west side of the Oslofjord Christiania Fiord and nearly opposite the town of Drøbak Drobak a fall of pure water is seen issuing from the top of an adjacent mountain whose sides are covered with tall trees In its descent it is separated by a large rock fringed with shrubs into two principal and some smaller streams the latter in their course are occasionally hid from the observer by intervening trees and reappear with fresh beauties until they finally repose in the Fiord beneath The delightful murmurs of these small cascades at the distance of a half a mile are particularly soothing to the mmd of a spectator and more especially so if he be at anchor in a still moonlight night when they most agreeably lull him to sleep This fall unlike many others in Norway which are of colossal size and are generally surrounded with bare rocks and stunted juniper bushes is embosomed in tall ever-green firs between the trunks of which the streams in some places trickle down when occasionally expanded giving the trees a hazy appearance as if always growing in the water a circumstance which adds much to the beauties of the scene Although the Fiord is deep in this part yet as there is good holding clay at the bottom and as it is nearly surrounded by mountains it is considered a safe anchoring place The long mountain in the distance is the island of Haoe described in Plate No 57 forming the narrowest pass on the Fiord and covered as the other hills are almost entirely with firs The ship is the Cron Princess from Christiania laden with timber belonging to the house of Anker ; having just weighed she is preparing for sea The most experienced captains never sail down the Fiord without the assistance of a pilot On the present occasion this person happened to be an alderman a title here given to the oldest or elder man of the profession who enjoys the post as a tenure for life confirmed by the court of Denmark It passes in succession among the aged pilots by course of seniority and confers an absolute command over the junior ones in each district or ward The distinction invests its possessor with a petty consequence which he seldom forgets to assert A shooting or fishing excursion in a boat round the island Haoe is particularly agreeable ; between the rocks and woods in the narrow westward pass the report of a gun will arouse and put on the wing thousands of birds of all sizes and species from the majestic eagle or swan down to the wren; while the shores are literally covered with the young brood as are the barren rocks in the water with seals which have their safe retreats in the cavernous recesses of the rocks The fishes are equally numerous and among them the lobster crab anchovy the beautiful blue rock fish the eschinus and starfish revolving on the bottom where the water is not more than eight or ten fathoms distinctly to be seen The Haoe Fall is on the other side of the mountain next the Fiord I was not able to ascertain exactly its altitude which is probably about 80 yards It has every indication of being a spring or fountain as the small cascades are called in Norway Soleberg fall which is half the height of the former appears to have the same origin Collapse bottom http //urn nb no/URN NBN no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway London 1820 Plate no 59 p 309 in scanned copy no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 PD-Art-100 John William Edy Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway Oslofjorden in art Hurum Waterfalls in Buskerud Geography of Buskerud Historical images of Oslofjorden | ||||
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