thou having- a Unv glass windows, and nun or
two wooden chitmtu's. These nr«' nil framed
m Norway, then taken to pieces lor stowage
i® the ship, and conveyed here, 1'he warehouses
are also shops, where the merchant»
retail cloth, earthenware, tin and iron utensils.
sugar, coffee» tobacco» snuff', ryc-flour,
■shoes. rum, m short, every necessary of life;
and take» in exchange» for exportation, wool»
tallow , tish, fish-oil, seal-oil, fox-skins, swanskins,
eider-down, worsted stockings, mittens,
and. sometimes, dried mutton. At the
western corner of this row of shops are the
socks, or. what might rather be called, a
pillory ; for the culprit stands upon a block,
and has his arms fixed in two holes, formed
oy iron clasps, on the side of an upright
pole, at about four feet from the bottom.
From near this instrument of punishment,
two rows of houses run parallel for some
hundred yards, in a south direction, and
form a tolerably wide street; but so encumbered
with pieces of rock, that, if there were
such a thing as a cart in the country, I fear
it could not proceed half a dozen yards even
up this, the high street of the capital. At
tbe commencement of the right hand side*
arw two or three merchant*’ hous‘d, and
«Loii- ioom»; ¡md, m ar them, is the residence
of the foamed JJUhop of Iceland, Cfoir Vide-
iin, or, as ho is commonly nailed, V »define«.
Ills house differ« m no respect from that of
the merchants, except in being rather larger,
and having more glass windows. Adjoining
it, is the best house in the place (next to the
governor’s), which belongs to the Landfo-
gucd; it contains some comfortable rooms,
apd 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
terminates the principal part of what
forms the street: beyond it, are only a few cottages,
made of turf; one of which was remarkable
for its neatness, and for producingupon its
roof and walls, besides a luxurious covering
of grass, abundance of a Draha, which differed
from the contorta FI. Scandin. in having
hairy capsules. It was here that I had
my lodging, during the first part of niv stay
in Reikevig. The person of whom I hired
it was of some consideration in the nets©'ll