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Iceland! But what Next?

           ItwouldnotbeeasytoloseyourwayinRejkiavik.Iwasthereforeundernonecessitytoinquiretheroad,whichexposesonetomistakeswhentheonlymediumofintercourseisgesture.

           Thetownextendsalongalowandmarshylevel,betweentwohills.Animmensebedoflavaboundsitononeside,andfallsgentlytowardsthesea.OntheotherextendsthevastbayofFaxa,shutinatthenorthbytheenormousglacieroftheSnæfell,andofwhichtheValkyriawasforthetimetheonlyoccupant.UsuallytheEnglishandFrenchconservatorsoffisheriesmoorinthisbay,butjustthentheywerecruisingaboutthewesterncoastsoftheisland.

           ThelongestoftheonlytwostreetsthatRejkiavikpossesseswasparallelwiththebeach.Herelivethemerchantsandtraders,inwoodencabinsmadeofredplankssethorizontally;theotherstreet,runningwest,endsatthelittlelakebetweenthehouseofthebishopandothernon-commercialpeople.

           Ihadsoonexploredthesemelancholyways;hereandthereIgotaglimpseoffadedturf,lookinglikeaworn-outbitofcarpet,orsomeappearanceofakitchengarden,thesparsevegetablesofwhich(potatoes,cabbages,andlettuces),wouldhavefiguredappropriatelyuponaLilliputiantable.Afewsicklywallflowersweretryingtoenjoytheairandsunshine.

           Aboutthemiddleofthetin-commercialstreetIfoundthepubliccemetery,inclosedwithamudwall,andwherethereseemedplentyofroom.

           ThenafewstepsbroughtmetotheGovernor’shouse,abutcomparedwiththetownhallofHamburg,apalaceincomparisonwiththecabinsoftheIcelandicpopulation.

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