The road from Laurvig enters this town at the foot of a vast range of perpendicular rocks, which abruptly terminates here. It is a place of no great extent, although of some trade. It is situated partly on the declivity of a hill, and on the shore of the Dram Fiord, and has the convenience of many wharfs, and floating stages, for shipping goods. The mooring place is well sheltered from the bleak northern winds; at the farther extremity of the town, a large windmill is erected, over which, in the distance, the Paradise Mountains near Dram, and a portion of the Fiord, are to be seen. The old carriage-way to Stromsoe and Bragernæs, two towns, commonly called Dram or Dramen, was along the sands by the sea side, and immediately under a prodigious range of precipitous rocks, not unlike a wall, one hundred fathoms in altitude, and many miles in length, of a deep red colour, and crumbling material. The vast blocks and fragments of stone, strewn by thousands on the shore, indicate the fatal accidents to which travellers were liable, who formerly were compelled to use this road. To obviate future dangers, a new one has lately been made, from Holmstrand, over this table mountain to Dramen; and the old perilous way is now frequented only by coast-birds, and fishermen, who are often seen angling for small fishes, crabs, &c, among the fragments which have fallen into the water from above. To examine the aspect and forms of this immense bulwark, the safest and best mode is to coast it in a boat, thus avoiding the consequences of its terrible disruptions. On the first view, the mmd is relieved from any wish to retrace the footsteps on the old path, by observing the enormous blocks, resting on the slightest support, ready on the first vibration of air, to follow their companions ; some parts are ornamented with a few stunted shrubs and mosses. The mountains seen on the right, separate this Fiord, from that of Christiania. They are almost wholly covered with forests: their timber when cut, is only adapted to secondary purposes, being inferior in quality to that produced by the forests in the district of Christiania, which has retained its preeminence from time immemorial, over all other deals cut in Norway. This preeminence may in a great measure account for the wealth and great influx of inhabitants in and about Christiania, and also for the removal of the ancient seat of government to it, from Drontheim. On riding through a Norwegian forest, the traveller might expect to hear the sound of the axe and the sawmill in every direction, but a solemn and awful silence prevails; on viewing these inexhaustible stores, he is led to believe that they have never been molested, or even thinned, and he is surrounded by myriads of tall trees, resembling rusticated pillars, placed at convenient distances, to support a superb and gloomy canopy.