io they thoroughly cultivated and which their descendants still hold and till the soil of as their ancestors did, but of course with much improved methods at the present time. In 60 years after this Iceland was about as thickly settled as it is today, the original settlers dividing their property with these who came at a later date, so that every one was possessed of a share of the land which naturally caused a good feeling between them. The Book of Colonization. This work is the oldest ever written in Iceland and was com- piled from A.D. 1200 to A.D. 1300. It is the progenitor of the history of the nation. It contains not only the names of the first 400 settlers, that is the head men, but describes acurately where they settled it, also gives a brief account of their lineage and a biography. The greater number of these settlers were, either descendants of the old Norman kings, or chiefs of clans, in Denmark, Scotland or Ireland, men who have been Vikings, who owned and sailed their own vessels and carried cargoes of settlers’ effects and live stock. Iceland of a Thousand Years Ago. A large portion of the land was covered with trees, but of stunted growth and small size, and in the low lands there were hay meadows, so that the settlers found ample grazing for their stock, which gave them great encouragement. But as they became more numerous they used to turn it out in these woods in the winter time, and as there was no other feed for the stock they destroyed the bark and the trees naturally soon died. Fishing was to be had in abundance, not only in the lakes and rivers, but also in the sea, whales being plentiful. Birds of all kinds were to be had in great numbers also. So many people emigrated from Norway to Iceland that King Harold became very much dissatisfied, as he had no control over

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