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CHAPTER III.
VOYAGE FROM TR O N Y EM TO IC E L A N D .
Family at Lil/e Gaarden—E n g lish at Tronyem—An uiifortiinaie
P o le— Falls o f Lierfossen — Salmon Fish e ry— Cathedral o f
Tronyem, Sketch o f—Departure from Tronyem a Southern
Fiord — Town and Harbour o f Christiansund — Population—
Grib Islan d s— Departure— F o g g y weather— Dangerous Errors
in Arrowsmith's Chart o f Iceland—The Danish Survey correct
— Coast of Iceland seen— Ingolf's and Flokkoe’s Expeditions—
Superstitions regarding the raven not confined to the Icelanders
— Compelled to stand o ff the Coast— Dense F u g—P a s s Cape
Reikaiises — Sunken Volcanic Island — Despair of finding
Reikiavik— Strike on a Volcanic Rock— Diflficulty o f g e ttin g
a Pilot in Faxe-bugten, or B a y—Anchor opposite the Town of
Reikiavik.
I m m e d i a t e l y on my return to Tronyem, I proceeded
up to Lille Gaarden (the little garden), a
neat country-house belonging to Mr. Johansen, the
brother-in-laiv of Mr. Broder Knudtzon, with whom
the latter is an inmate, situated about a mile from
the town. I tvas anxious to ascertain from Mr.
Smith, Avho was on a visit there, what progress had
been made in the repairs and equipment of the
yacht. From him I learned, with regret, that in
consequence of the badness of the Aveather, Avhich
had been as unfavourable to the caulkers as to
myself, and the sloAvness of the other artificers,
added to their being obliged to send boats to and
from the dock-yard, a distance not far short of a
mile, to obtain every little article that Avas re-
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