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ever, this is not the only, although the general, 
method of making use of their chief luxury; for 
the more moderate snufftakers will be satisfied by 
shaking some upon the back of their hand, and 
then inhaling it with their nostrils; or, by ex¬ 
panding the fore finger and thumb, so as to form 
a little pit or hollow at the base of the thumb, 
which will contain half a nostril-full: but, by this 
method, more is wasted. It is, perhaps, one of 
the most disagreeable features among the gene¬ 
rality of the Icelanders, both men and women, 
that their nostrils are always overflowing with 
this precious dust. The information which these 
men gave us was, that the governor of the island, 
Count Tramp, had just arrived in his ship, the 
Orion, from Denmark, and, that a man of war, 
from England, had but two days previous left 
Reikevig, where she had been staying some time, 
and' had been entering into an agreement with 
the governor about permitting the island to trade 
with the English. In a few hours, we came within 
sight of the islands about Reikevig, which ap¬ 
peared to be pretty well clothed with grass, and 
to have on them both houses and cattle. Along 
the shore, also, were here and there scattered a 
few cottages, which, on account of their being 
covered with turf, were not easily distinguishable 
from the ground they stood upon, and, some¬ 
times, only by the superior luxuriance of vegeta- 
