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cumstances perlaining to property and the deficienl education of 

 the people; the former may be remedied in time; but there are 

 great difficulties in regard to the latter, on account of the lonely 

 situation ol" the Færoes and the pecuHarities of the language. The 

 people of the Færoes do not speak modem Danish, but an Old 

 Norse dialect; but Danish is the language of the churches, law- 

 courts and schools. 



