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rated them from each other were of considerable 
height. Their fertility and the abundant supply 
of salmon # afforded by the rivers, had been the 
means of inducing marly natives to fix their re¬ 
sidence in them. We found the side of the 
mountain by which we descended more thickly 
strewed with stones than the summit, and we ob¬ 
served that these stones contained a great quantity 
of a white or greenish mineral substance, pro¬ 
bably quartz, some of which was firmly imbedded 
in the rock, and some that had fallen from it lay 
dispersed in many places upon the ground. Of 
both we gathered many and very fine specimens. 
ee de l’isle qu’il en est le plus question, tandis que l’on n’en 
(e entend presque pas parler vers le sud, oil les villages sont 
“ plus rassemblees, et oil il y a toujours des etrangers, outre 
les navigateurs qui y viennent passer l’ete pour le com- 
merce. Ce qui ajoute encore a leurs affections melan- 
“ coliques, ce sont les hivers qui y sont tres-longs, et qui 
re les tiennent consequemment long-temps dans une solitude 
ee attristantej en second lieu, la peur qu’on leur inspire 
fe dans le has &ge, et enfin leur etat actuel de misere et de 
<e pauvrete, et leur taciturnite qui n’est eclaircie par aucun 
amusement.” 
* Grimsaa, which is one of these rivers, is considered as 
equal to any stream in Iceland for the quantity of salmon it 
produces. “ En automne, l’endroit de la rivibre, qui est fixe 
“ comme gueable, se trouve quelquefois. si plein de saumons, 
(( que les chevaux out de la peine a passer, et ne savent oil 
poser les pieds.” Voyage en Islande , vol. i. p. 204. 
