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and are maintained by the liberality of our host 5 
who is himself a widower. They were both 
handsome in their persons, and had beautiful 
complexions. During the dinner, a large sheep, 
spherical, the lateral ones hemispherical; all hollow, richly 
ornamented and embossed, and having a silver leaf depend¬ 
ing from each, which, together with many of the other 
ornaments, when the wearer is in motion, contribute no 
little to making a jingling noise, like horses with bells 
attached to them. Just beneath these ornaments the petti¬ 
coat is fastened by means of the Lyndi, or girdle, which is 
nearly five feet in length, and composed of a number of ob¬ 
long pieces of silver, about an inch and a half long, and one 
inch wide, sewed with the extremities close together, upon 
a piece of green velvet, so that it forms a number of joints, 
and is easily bent round the body, and fastened with a 
buckle ; one end is suffered to hang down in front of the 
apron, and nearly reaches the bottom of it. All these joints 
are gilt, and beautifully ornamented with open work, and 
raised knobs of silver. The jacket (Treya), which goes over 
and conceals a part of the bodice, is made of black velvet, 
the seams and borders of the sleeves ornamented with fine 
gold lace, with another stripe of the same down the breast, 
and gold embroidery near the opening in front, which, at 
the bottom, is never fastened, but left wide, to exhibit the 
ornaments of the bodice. The Kraga is a stiff and flat col¬ 
lar, an inch and half wide, completely encircling the neck, 
and fastened to the upper part of the jacket; this is also 
embroidered with gold, and sets off the pretty face of an 
Icelandic girl to great advantage; from the opening in the 
sleeve hang spherical ornaments, called Ermaknappa , of 
silver gilt, instead of buttons. The Halstrefell is merely a 
piece of white linen put round the neck, over which is 
