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merchants* except in being rather larger* and 
having more glass windows. Adjoining this* is the 
best house in the place (next to the governor s)* 
which belongs to the Landfoguedt it contains 
some comfortable rooms, and is well furnished. 
Still further up the street is a sort of tavern* where 
the Danes amuse themselves with cards* in a 
room which was built for the purpose of holding 
a considerable party* and was afterwards the scene 
of our Icelandic festivities. This building termi¬ 
nates the principal part of what forms the street: 
beyond it* are only a few cottages, made of 
turf; one was remarkable for its neatness* and 
for producing upon its roof and walls, besides a 
luxurious covering of grass, abundance of a Draba * 
which differed from the contoria y FL Scandin; in 
having hairy capsules. It was here that I had 
my lodging* during the first part of my stay 
in Reikevig. The person of whom I hired it 
was of some consideration in the neighbourhood; 
she being midwife to a very considerable district, 
with an income of twenty pounds a year from the 
Danish government, for which she had to furnish 
all her patients with proper medicine and at¬ 
tendance. As she had learnt her profession in 
Denmark, and had, moreover, been brought up, in 
the capacity of a servant, in the king’s palace* at 
Copenhagen, she thought herself of more com 
sequence than most ladies of her profession would 
