REIKEVIG. 
65 
Wednesday, This was an entire day of rain, so 
junt 28. j ram ]3i e( j no further than the 
beach, where a vast quantity of sea-weed was 
thrown up, principally Fucus saccha firms, of 
which many specimens were six feet long, and 
one foot wide. Some of the smaller plants had 
the frond spirally twisted in a very regular 
manner throughout their whole length; but, 
on drying them without pressure, the twisted 
VNA. DEITAS. Surrounding these, at the four extremities 
of the cross, are the symbolical representations of the Evan¬ 
gelists. This cross has been in a family in Iceland, upwards 
of five hundred years. The Koffur and Herdafesti are laid 
aside after the wedding, and the married lady, in addition to 
the clothes already described, is never to make her appear¬ 
ance abroad without the Hempa, an outer coat or habit, of 
black cloth, with broad borders of velvet of the same color, 
fastened all the way down before from the chin to the bot¬ 
tom, by means of numerous large clasps of silver gilt, and 
ornamented with two large circular plates of the same me¬ 
tal on the breasts, richly embossed, and adorned with little 
leaves, and with the initials of the wearer set in stones. The 
Uppslog are cuffs of black velvet, with gold embroidery. It 
is needless to say that the Icelandic manufactories do not af¬ 
ford either linen, silk, gold lace, or broad-cloth: these are 
Danish produce ; but all the other articles of the dress are 
made in the country. Of course, the ornaments of other 
dresses are not all exactly like what I have here described 5 
but vary according to the fancy of the artist, or the wearer, 
and few are now to be met with of equal value with these 
now mentioned. 
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