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An Icelandic Custom. 125 the end. On a fine day the view from this point must be very charming, extending as it does over the fjorSr and its varied coast-line on the one side, and having the Arctic Ocean on the other. The cliff stands like a watch-tower and commands every way. But what- ever the charm may be on a clear day, it was lost to us, for the day was thick and misty, and a terrific north-east wind almost blew us off our legs. Besides, it was dreadfully cold. We returned to Hofsos, and found the sailors returning from their ride and making a great noise. On Monday we visited the swampy grounds around HofiSa-vatn and returned with a basketful of eggs; some were very nice specimens, but there were none very rare. Having found out a sheltered nook behind some buildings, we manfully went through the dis- agreeable operation of egg-blowing. It is bad at all times; but when the sense of feeling is so benumbed that the operator is at a loss to know in which hand is the egg, and in which the blowpipe, it is wretched in the extreme. There is a custom in Iceland, at least as far as our experience went, to intrust a guest or a traveller on his arrival at a house to the care of the eldest daughter, if there be one, if not, to the mistress herself; and she
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The north-west peninsula of Iceland

Year
1867
Language
English
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190


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