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Iceland! But what Next?

           ThecastleofKronsbergsoondisappearedinthemist,aswellasthetowerofHelsingborg,builtontheSwedishcoast,andtheschoonerpassedlightlyonherwayurgedbythebreezesoftheCattegat.

           TheValkyriawasasplendidsailer,butonasailingvesselyoucanplacenodependence.ShewastakingtoRejkiavikcoal,householdgoods,earthenware,woollenclothing,andacargoofwheat.Thecrewconsistedoffivemen,allDanes.

           "Howlongwillthepassagetake?"myuncleasked.

           "Tendays,"thecaptainreplied,"ifwedon’tmeetanor’-westerinpassingtheFaroes."

           "Butareyounotsubjecttoconsiderabledelays?"

           "No,M.Liedenbrock,don’tbeuneasy,weshallgetthereinverygoodtime."

           AteveningtheschoonerdoubledtheSkawatthenorthernpointofDenmark,inthenightpassedtheSkagerRack,skirtedNorwaybyCapeLindness,andenteredtheNorthSea.

           IntwodaysmorewesightedthecoastofScotlandnearPeterhead,,andtheValkyriaturnedherleadtowardstheFaroeIslands,passingbetweentheOrkneysandShetlands.

           SoontheschoonerencounteredthegreatAtlanticswell;shehadtotackagainstthenorthwind,andreachedtheFaroesonlywithsomedifficulty.Onthe8ththecaptainmadeoutMyganness,thesouthernmostoftheseislands,andfromthatmomenttookastraightcourseforCapePortland,themostsoutherlypointofIceland.

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