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health, he immediately followed up the toast Avith
“ The FloAver of YarroAV, and the Gentlemen on
board,” and he subsequently drank each of onr
healths separately, addressing us severally by
name. After breakfast, cigars were handed round,
and those Avho preferred it smoked pipes, of Avhich
Mr. Smith had a choice collection.
About three o’clock the party broke up, and the
Prince, on taking his leave, complimented us in the
most gracious manner, and again expressed a hope
that Ave should some day meet in Denmark, Avhere
his house Avould always be open to us.
On s h o A v i n g m y s k e t c h - b o o k t o h i m , a t t h e
r e q u e s t o f s o m e o f t h e p a r t y p r e s e n t , h e t o l d m e
t h a t A v e m u s t a l l g o a n d l o o k a t Mr. K l o s e ’ s d r a w i
n g s , A v h i c h A v e r e t a k e n d u r i n g t h e i r t r a A ' e l s o n t h e
i s l a n d , a n d A v h i c h h e t h o u g h t A v o u l d i n t e r e s t u s .
T h i s g e n t l e m a n h a v i n g k i n d l y p r o m i s e d t o a l l o A V
n s t o s e e t h e m , A v e A v e n t o n s h o r e t h e f o l l o A v i n g
m o r n i n g t o h i s h o u s e , o r r a t h e r t o t h e a p a r t m e n t s
A v h i c h h e o c c u p i e d , a t * t h e h o u r a p p o i n t e d .
We Avere not disappointed in inspecting his
performances: the sketches were full of taste and
freedom, and he had made one of the best representations
of the Geyser of any 1 have yet seen.
We found the Prince at Mr. Klose’s, and after
having carefully looked over the drawings, Ave
accompanied him to the Library, Avhere we passed
aAA'ay tAvo or three hours, in examining some curious
old books. In the morning, previous to our going
on shore, we received a letter from the Governor,
conveying the Prince’s invitation to dine Avith him
at four o’clock on that day. We accordingly A v e n f ,
and met the bishop and a few other of the prin-'
cipal people of Reikiavik. Although quite unable
to enter into any conversation with the bishop in
his own language, yet I felt great pleasure in the
mutual endeavour to instruct each other in the
names of different objects, as used by the two nahons,
many of Avhich come very near to each other
in the two languages,—sometimes identically the
same, only perhaps pronounced a little differently ;
—and whenever this happened to be the case, it
seemed to amuse the good bishop exceedingly.
Ih is Avorthy man appeared to me one of the
mildest and most amiable gentlemen I have had
the good fortune to fall in with, and this is the
character he bears on the island. He is a native,
and has risen to his present situation entirely by
his own merit, having, I believe, been one of the
^ h o la rs at Skalholt, and afterwards lector at
Bessestad.
The Governor sat at the end of the table, and
k ' ’ , him on his right
hand. The dinner was remarkably well served
up, and there was a display of vegetables, poor
enough ,t must he admitted, but such as is seldom
met with at a dinner-table in Reikiavik. and they
were d l the produce of the Governor’s garden.
Jh e Prince conversed much during dinner; and
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