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wild thyme, which is the flower that these insects most 
affect, by reason of its delicious fragrance. They consist, 
however, probably of only about half-a-dozen species. 1 
secured a large number, but only having a killing bottle 
with me, as I did not reckon to find much at the Geysir, 
unfortunately all my specimens got violently shaken, and so 
hopelessly spoiled during the return ride. The weather 
turned out much better and more enjoyable to-day, as there 
were only small occasional showers mm the evening, and no 
rain at all after 1 P.M. The sun shone brightly, and the day 
proved a very hot one. In the evening we started on our 
return journey, leaving Muli at 6:45, and reaching Myrdal at 
10.5, where beds were again made up for us in the church. 
The 14th July was another bright morning. We reached 
Thingvellir once more, shortly after noon, while the Icelandic 
service was in progress at the church. 
The 15th July was a bright fine day, and we caught 
Larentia czesiata, which species has recently appeared in full 
force, and some Noctue, in the direction of the Légberg, 
where an English-speaking guide, who was waiting at 
Thingvellir for an English gentleman from the north, pomted 
out to me some embryo shoots of Iceland moss. At 6.40 we 
started on our return to Reykjavik. 
The Fisheries of Iceland. 
Any account of the principal industry of the country on 
which the whole of the population depends for its sub- 
sistence is manifestly intimately connected with the charac- 
teristic features of Iceland. Not only may many boats be seen 
out at sea engaged in the capture of fish, as well as returning 
to shore laden with the produce of the deep, but the beach 
itself is dotted at almost every landing-place with fish, in all 
directions, spread out on the shingle to dry. During the brief 
summer season, when alone may be obtained the abundant 
harvest of the finned and scaly creatures, nearly every 
available hand is employed in the requisite work, little mites 
of children wading into the water, and clambering into the 
approaching boats, and thence emerging with the fish (rock- 
cod, as a rule) piled on their heads. Then the women pro- 
ceed with the work of cleaning, spreading out, flattening 
with heavy blows of a wooden mallet, temporarily piling up 
in a small stack by the side of the road, or on the moor, 
packing in a warehouse, between layers of salt, all the 
