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cuniary wants. I must, however, do the Ice¬ 
landers the justice to say, that there is no need 
of the assistance of the press to excite a stronger 
feeling of gratitude on their part, for the benefits 
that have been conferred upon them by this ex¬ 
alted character; for the eager enquiries that 
were in every place made after his welfare, by 
the aged, who still remember his person, and by 
the young, who know him from the anecdotes 
told by their fathers and their grandfathers, 
were a convincing proof of the esteem and vene¬ 
ration they entertain for him: so that, not un- 
frequently, while wandering over the wastes of 
Iceland, my heart has glowed, and I have felt 
a pride, that I should have been ashamed to dis¬ 
semble, at being able to call such a man my 
patron and my friend. A short history of the 
esculent Fuci , published by the Tatsroed, has 
already been noticed at page 38 of this journal. 
Music, also, claimed a considerable share of the 
attention, not only of himself, but of all the 
family at Inderholme, and a large Danish organ 
occupied a portion of one side of the room. On 
my expressing a wish to hear some Icelandic 
music, the whole family came into the study, 
and, with their voices, accompanied his per¬ 
formance of some sacred airs. I was next enter¬ 
tained with some Danish and Icelandic songs, by 
the Tatsroed’s daughter, which she accompanied 
with tunes upon the Lang-speL This instru- 
