. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. sland, went in distress to the lieutenant governorand declared himself unable to keep order on themorrow unless he should have an assistant appoint-ed by the governor. So the assistant was appointed,and the treasury of Iceland was strained on the an-nivers
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. sland, went in distress to the lieutenant governorand declared himself unable to keep order on themorrow unless he should have an assistant appoint-ed by the governor. So the assistant was appointed,and the treasury of Iceland was strained on the an-niversary day of its thousandth year by the ex-pense of two policemen instead of one ! 42 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. Life must, of necessity, in a countryso far north as Iceland, present a verydifferent aspect from what it bears inPrimitive and lowcr latitudes. The in-pastorai aspect (-jiigtrv, as wc liavc Said, is of life; meadows and hay. pecuHarlv pastoral. Nine tenths of all the people live by theirsheepfolds and cattle. From these are crop to the next season without a secondsowing. Fuel gathering frotn nativesources is now prosecuted with work occupies a good part of thesummer, but the more important partsare given to the shepherds work, fishing,fowling, and particularly to making the oncoming of winter, ICELANDIC COMMKRCE.— of Reikiavik.—Drawn by Jules Noel, after a sketch of Nougaret. taken food, clothing, and all the otherproducts which are derived immediately,or by process, from the destruction oruse of the clean animals. The exporta-tion of values has respect to an importa-tion, the latter being chiefly wood forbuilding purposes, iron for tools, suchgrains as are grown for brewing beer,foreign cloths, fur, wine, and honey. Itis in this matter of simple barter thatthe small Icelandic commerce meadows of the country sustainthemselves from year to year. The hu-midity is such as to perpetuate the grass tool-making, and other
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