. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. THE ICELA
. The polar and tropical worlds [microform] : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe : two volumes in one : embracing also an account of the expeditions of all the Arctic explorers from the discovery of Iceland, over one thousand years ago, to Hall's last expedition in the northern world, together with the wonderful discoveries and adventures of Agassiz, Livingstone, Wallace, and other distinguished travelers in the tropical countries. Arctic races; Tropics; Natural history; Races arctiques; Régions tropicales; Sciences naturelles; genealogy. THE ICELANDERS. 103. jiii ICELANDIC HOUSES. I'lired rests upon these walls, aiul is covcre "1 with tnrf and sods. On one side (fjcnt'i-aliy facing the south) arc several gable ends and doors, each surmounted with a weather-cock. arc the entrances to the dwelling-house proper, to the smithy, stoi'-room, cow-shed, etc. A long narrow passage, dark as pitch, and redolent of unsavory odors, leads to the several apartments, which are sep- arated from each other by thick walls of turf, each having also its own roof, so that the iieasant's dwelling is in fact a conglomeration of low huts, which some- times receive their light through small windows in the front, but more frequentf ly thr(»ugh holes in tlie roof, covered with a piece of glasa v^r okin. The floors are of stamped earth ; the hearth is made of a few stones clumsily piled togeth- er; a cask or barrel, with the two ends knocked opt, answers the purj)ose of a chinniey, or else the smoke is allowed to escape through a Mere hole in the roof. Tlie thick turf walls, the dirty floor, the personal uncleanliness of the inhal)- itants, all contribute to the pollution of the atmos|>he'.e. Xo piece of furniture seems ever to liave been cleaned s nee it first put into use; all is disorder ami confusion. Ventilation is utterly impossible, and the whole family, fre- quently consisting of twenty persons or more, sleep in the s
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