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TRAVELS IN ICELAND. 25 seeing the sun, they work only for a few hours, and then only calculate them by guess, according to the rise and fall of the tide. The people who are dispersed over the interior, regulate their hours chiefly by the moon, the pleiades, ursa minor, and a few other stars; especially in winter, when the nights are ex- tremely long. These good folks have in general but little acquaintance with astronomy, and know only a very little of the stars by their names ; though, from an ancient chrono- logical manuscript intitled Blanda, and written about the IStli century, it appears that the ancient Icelanders were better informed. SADDLES AND PANNELS OF HORSES. The inhabitants of this district, and of that of Goldbringue, are by no means fond of travelling: they rarely quit the district, and many of them have never gone even as far as its boundaries. Their ordinary routes are from their respective houses to church, whence they return home the same way. In frosty weather, both men and women go thither on foot; but when it thaws, they ride on horseback, as the roads are then scarcely passable: and, for this purpose only, almost every peasant has at least one horse in his stable. In summer every one rides, however small the distance may be. The Icelander makes no use of the saddle when he only rides into his fields, and does not travel far from home: he throws over the animal for the time only, a sort of woollen cushion; which is about six feet in length, half a foot wide, and one inch and a half thick. He carefully folds it and fastens it with a girth. When he is going to church, he lays over this cushion a saddle, nearly of the same shape as ours, excepting that it is stouter. These saddles are covered with black leather, and ornamented with brass: when well made, they cost from 4 to 5 rix-dollars; the stirrups, bridle, and crupper are decorated with the same metals, of which also the buckles and nails are made. The men’s saddles have no breast- girth. Their saddles, and in general all their harness, are made of ox-leather; the hides are prepared, by being well-stretched, in order to dry; when they are rubbed with lish-oil till they have imbibed the fluid, after which they are slightly but fre- quently beaten with a strong stick. Next, they are trampled under foot, till they become soft and pliant; and are finished by being blackened, or rather tinged of a red colour with the rust of iron, or bark of the birch-tree. Calf and sheep-skins are prepared nearly in the same manner. It is a pretty com- mon practice, when they are going only to church, for the men
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Travels in Iceland

Year
1805
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English
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