TRAVELS IN ICELAND. 21 NATURAL INDUSTRY OF THE ICELANDERS. Although the Icelanders cannot procure instruction, like other nations, in the various trades, yet nature has conferred on some of them sufficient address and genius, to instruct themselves in the manufacture of every sort of household-utensils, whether oi copper, iron, wood, or any other material. They succeed Well enough for the purposes for which they are intended; hut we cannot expect them to be either so well, or so neatly made, as by our workmen, who have served a long apprenticeship. There are some of them, however, who have as much in- genuity as our best mechanics: and there is scarcely a parish, but has one of the Smidours, or men acquainted with every kind of handicraft. They work either in wood or metal, according as they are desired ; but they excel in wooden work, in building houses, in flooring or wainscoting rooms, as well as in manu- facturing every kind of utensils, botli large and small; in making scythes, constructing fishermen’s boats tackle, besides many other similar works; others excel in iron-work, such as small hatchets, saws, large augres, blades for planes, knives, scythes, nails, horse- shoes, locks, keys, traps, and other articles of this description. Others manufacture in copper and brass, various pieces of orna- ment, such as buttons, buckles, women’s girdles, rings, the de- corations of saddles and harness, &c. Lastly, there are some, who work very neatly in silver: they make various decorations for females, partly polished, partly embossed and chased, buttons, sheaths, handles for knives, &c. &c. Although the inhabitants of the district of Kiosar have not much occasion for these articles of luxury, yet they have among them Smidours, who are every way capable of manufaeturing them as well as the other things above-mentioned. There are, however, various articles of iron, sent by merchants to Iceland, such as large anvils, saws, hammers, shoes for horses, 8tc. They have a ready sale, because every thing is better wrought, and is sold at a lower price than what is made in the country; but it must be at the same time de- clared, that the articles manufactured by the Icelanders are far more solid than those which are imported. These people are likewise extremely expert in inventing traps, snares, and hooks, lor catching foxes, sea-dogs, birds, and salmon. COMPUTATION OF TIME, OR ICELAND CALENDAR. The computation and division of time into years, and months, is of great antiquity among the Icelanders; though this knowledge has been acquired by them from other nations: at present we shall only notice the manner adopted by the country people for

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