. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . tsof law have to fit themselvesfor the practice of their profession by acourse of lectures at the University ofCopenhagen. Almost the whole population of Ice-land is distributed on small landhold-A race of free- ings. It is the most free-ge^ntl^idclre ^^old State of the the poor. The capital town has about two thousand
. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . tsof law have to fit themselvesfor the practice of their profession by acourse of lectures at the University ofCopenhagen. Almost the whole population of Ice-land is distributed on small landhold-A race of free- ings. It is the most free-ge^ntl^idclre ^^old State of the the poor. The capital town has about two thousand five hundred inhabitants,and the next town, called Isafjorthur,situated in the northwest part of theisland, has no more than foi:r whole people live on isolated farms,the average number of residents to atomestead being seven persons. The average wealth in Iceland is low. It issaid that the largest landowner has arevenue of only fifteen hundred dollarsa year. Yet there is no abject pauperism of the country is mostlyengendered by the extreme generosityof the people in extending aid to the in-digent. There is public provision madefor the maintenance of the poor—un-doubtedly an erroneous theory in thestate. In some places the taxes for the. by H. Clerget, after a sketch of Noiigaret. support of paupers exceed the sum of allother taxes put together. Another circumstance tends also to in-digence, and that is the exceeding easi-ness of procuring subsist- , , ?^ ° . Manner of indus- ence under the conditions try and means of ^ ., , 1 ., subsistence. of the coimtry and the gov-ernment. The year is divided into aworking and a nonworking period, thefirst extending through five months, andthe latter about seven. The businesswhich is prosecuted with most energy ishay-making. The period of this crop,which is the principal one of the island,covers about two months. It is a voca- 40 GREAT RACES OE 3L4NKmD. tion which has respect to another whi
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