. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. 84 TlIK ro|,AI{ WOULD. liiiiiiieiiil iiiii»i(»vt'm('ti1. wliidi riiiscd tlif ri'vcuut.' to h!,oii(t (lolliirs ii vt'iir, mid ulliiiiiitrly to 22,000. The iiiealruliil»l<' misery produced bv the eruption of the had at k'nst the heucliciiil t'oiisc(|Ut'ncoseued tlic bonds of iiioiio|M(ly, iiN it now bccuinc free to every Danish merchant to trade \vi1h tiie island; but it is in\\y since April 1855 that the last restr
. The polar world [microform] : a popular description of man and nature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe. Arctic races; Zoology; Races arctiques; Zoologie. 84 TlIK ro|,AI{ WOULD. liiiiiiieiiil iiiii»i(»vt'm('ti1. wliidi riiiscd tlif ri'vcuut.' to h!,oii(t (lolliirs ii vt'iir, mid ulliiiiiitrly to 22,000. The iiiealruliil»l<' misery produced bv the eruption of the had at k'nst the heucliciiil t'oiisc(|Ut'ncoseued tlic bonds of iiioiio|M(ly, iiN it now bccuinc free to every Danish merchant to trade \vi1h tiie island; but it is in\\y since April 1855 that the last restrictions liave fallen and the ports Iceland been opened to tlie {>{' all iiJitions. It i> to be hoped that the beneficial otfects of free trjth' will gradually heal the wounds cansed by ci'nturies of neglect and misfortune; but "^ivat pro^'ress must be made bcfoiv Iceland can attain the dej^Tce »*f prosperity which she enjoyed lii the times of her independence. Then she had above a liuncUvd thousand iidiabitants, new she has scarcely half that numl)er ; then she had many rich ainl powerful families, now medio'-rity or poverty is the universiil lot; then she was renowned all over the North as the seat of learnin-ed shores. I. The Long-taikd Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hartwig, G. (Georg), 1813-1880. London : Longmans, Green
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