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too, were of the same materials as the stockings, 
that is to say, knitted worsted, made without divi¬ 
sions for the fingers, but having two appendages on 
each of them, for the thumb; by this contrivance, 
when a boatman, in rowing, feels his hands 
galled, from the inside of his glove being wet 
and dirty, he turns the glove on the same hand, 
and has a dry and clean side against the palm. 
An Iceland hat is well contrived to keep the rain 
from the neck and shoulders ; for it is furnished 
with an immense brim, which hangs down be¬ 
hind, in a manner not much unlike that which 
our London porters to the coal vessels make use 
of, but is equally large before. This, and the 
buttons, appeared to be the only articles of their 
dress which were of foreign manufacture. When 
they talked, which they did, in the Danish lan¬ 
guage, to Mr. Jorgensen, they seemed to be much 
animated, and had a great deal of action with 
their hands and heads ; but when any thing was 
said or offered to them which gave them plea¬ 
sure, they made it apparent by scratching and 
rubbing themselves violently, and writhing their 
body so as to cause it to chafe against their 
clothes; thereby indicating that they were sorely 
afflicted with a complaint, said, with what truth 
I shall not pretend to determine, to be very trou¬ 
blesome in the northern parts of our own island. 
These poor creatures swallowed the provisions 
