. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. ABOUT KEYKJAVIK. 169 * their unostentatious appoarance, within each dwelling reigr "the elegance and comfort of ii woiuan-teuded ; The prosperity of lioykjavik is chiefly due to its excellent harbour, and to the fish-hunks in its neighbourhood, which supply it with an important commercial staple. In the summer and early autunm
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. ABOUT KEYKJAVIK. 169 * their unostentatious appoarance, within each dwelling reigr "the elegance and comfort of ii woiuan-teuded ; The prosperity of lioykjavik is chiefly due to its excellent harbour, and to the fish-hunks in its neighbourhood, which supply it with an important commercial staple. In the summer and early autunm it is much visited by tourists, wiio start from thence to admire the won<Ier8 of Hekla, Skaptilr, and the Geysirs; but its busiest time is in July, when the annual fair draws thither a crowd of fisher-folk and peasants. From a distance of forty and fifty leagues they come, with long trains of pack-horses, their stock-fish slung loose across the animals' backs, and their other wares packed closely in boxes or bags of reindeer-skin. The Icelander is honest, temperate, hospitable, possessed with a fervent spirit of patriotism, and strongly wedded to the ancient usages. He is also industrious; and though his industry. IIAHBUL'H UF KEVKJAVIK. is but scantily remunerated, he earns enough to satisfy bJs simple tiistes. In the interior his chief dependence is on his cattle ; and as grass is the main produce of his farm, his anxiety during the haymaking season is extreme. A bad crop would be almost ruin. He is, however, wofuUy ignorant of agriculture as a science, does but little for the improvement of the soil, and employs implements of the most primitive character. The process of haymaking in Iceland is thus described :— The best crops are gathered from the " tdn," a kind of home park or paddock, comprising the lands contiguous to the farmstead—the only portion of his demesne to which the owner gives any special attention, and on the improvement of which he bestows a
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