THE ALTHING. 
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a fortress, the founders of the Icelandic constitution 
chose for the meetings of their Thing, 1 or Parliament; 
A. The Althing. B. The Hill of Laws. 
C. The place where Blosi jumped. D. Adjacent Chasms. 
armed guards defended the entrance, while the grave 
bonders deliberated in security within: to this day, 
at the upper end of the place of meeting, may be 
1 Lrom thing , to speak. We have a vestige of the same word in 
Dingwall, a town of Rosshire. 
