THE PEOPLE. 



and who is designated by the ambitious title of "Prefet 

 Apostolique du Pole Nord," visits them yearly to see that 

 their duty is rightly performed. 



The mode of travelling in Iceland is somewhat eccen- 

 tric and not a little fatiguing. The ground is so encum- 

 bered with masses of stone, and the distances from place 

 to place so great, that a pedestrian has no chance ; and 



TRAVELLING IN ICELAND. 



as railways and even highways are unknown, the short- 

 limbed, big-headed, shaggy, intelligent pony of the 

 country is made to carry everybody and everything that 

 requires transport. There are some seventy thousand of 

 these most useful animals on the island, and their sure- 

 footedness is such that the traveller soon learns to dash. 



