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to Norway, but at the peace of Kiel, Den- 

 mark retained possession, and modern 

 Danish is now the prevailing language. 



The name Faroe is supposed to have been 

 derived from the number of sheep (faar) 

 which, after fish, are the chief product. As 

 with Iceland, the wealth is not in the land 

 but in the sea around it ; for, situated at 

 the summit of the Wyville-Thomson ridge, 

 the banks are the high ground in which 

 cod-fish and haddock swarm at certain 

 seasons. The fish are much finer and 

 fatter than the Icelandic varieties and gen- 

 erally fetch a higher price. The Iceland 

 season is in spring ; it is in the autumn and 

 winter months, when Iceland grounds are 

 not so prolific, that the Grimsby and 

 Aberdeen fishermen make Faroe their 

 centre ; but to a smaller extent the fishing 

 is continued throughout the year. There 

 is now a cable joining Iceland and the 

 Faroe Isles to the Shetlands. After the 

 war this will be of great advantage to 

 the British trawlers, many of which will 

 be fitted with small wireless apparatus, 

 enabling them to communicate with 

 one another and send messages to the 



