36 THE NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. showed that there would be no great difficulty in carrying a telegraph wire over the line of route by which we passed. The Sound which separates Stromoe from Osteroe offers great facilities for the transport of materials. The transport over- land is by pack -ponies. They are sure-footed, and can carry a load of 200 lbs. or more. Footpaths already exist, which could be much improved at a very moderate expense. The inhabitants of the Faroes are hospitable, well educated, and intelligent; and would give all the aid in their power to carry out this great undertaking, in which all whom I conversed with took a deep interest. The journey across Iceland from Berufiord on the east to Reildavik on the west coast, commenced on the 15th August, and occupied 14 days ; the distance travelled over being little,, if at all, short of 450 miles. During this journey, although we by no means followed the shortest route, or that best adapted for telegraphic purposes, no obstacles, as far as I could notice, presented themselves to the erection of a tele- graph wire. As we kept well to the northward, all the streams of any size crossed by us (with one exception) flowed in that direction; and high, well-defined banks, which showed no indication of ice action, or of shifting their position, as I am told is a peculiarity of the rivers flowing into the sea on the south coast of the island. By information received from some of the most intelligent and respectable gentlemen at Reikiavik, I am led to believe that Portland, on the south coast of Iceland, although not a harbour for vessels, is well fitted for the- landing of a cable, the beach being of fine sand. There is frequently a heavy serf, but this, I am told, would not injure a strong cable laid upon a shore of the nature described. The modes of transport of stores over Iceland are by ponies, and in some places waggons and sledges may be used. The lowest temperature experienced during winter is 13° or 14° below zero of Fahrenheit, and this is of rare occurrence.

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