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Tsa-fjortr Town. 99 long and one in width, and perpendicular mountains are walls to it on either side. Near to its head a narrow spit of land runs almost across it, fonning a natural breakwater, and leaving but a narrow channel by the southern shore. On this spit of land the town of Fsa-fjorSr is situated. It is entirely composed of detached houses and shops, built of wood and pitched both inside and out. The whole appearance was clean and tidy, but a horrible smell prevailed. The church is a fine wooden building and stands a little way from the town on the narrowest part of the spit It was undergoing repairs while we were there. From our boat we saw the whole town, in the shape of a cres- cent, hugging the shores of the bay. It was a beauti- ful night, calm and still, and the waters of the vast harbour we were crossing were without a ripple. There were five or six small vessels lying before the town, and the shadows of the dark mountains fell over all. The clearness with which distant objects could be seen was very remarkable. The sun had long since disappeared; yet objects far up the mountain sides seemed quite close to us. The shore to which we were steering appeared almost at hand, and yet it was nearly a mile distant. The feathered inhabitants of the swampy places had
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The north-west peninsula of Iceland

Year
1867
Language
English
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190


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