are cultivated ; as alfo fliell-fiili * and
muilirooms f*
The Icelanders in general eat three
meals a day, at feven in the morning,
at two ill the afternoon, and at nine
in the evening.
Rumex acetofa, in the Icelandic hngmge called Sura,
' ' “ d i g y n u s , .....................................Qlafs Sura,
patientia, - - - Heimis-niole,
Taraxacum, - , . . _
Carex, L in . plnguicula, Lifia-gras, ufed agalnfl: the
dy fen try.
Trifolium pratenfe flore albo.
Potentina argentea, Mura.
Plantago maritima, LiN.foliislinearibus, Kattariunga^
Angelica archangelica, Huonn ; Mtte-huónn.
Lichen Iflandicus, Fìalla-graus,
- - - Lichenoides, Klouungur.
- - - Coraloides, Krada.
- - - Niveus, Mariti gras.
- - - Leprofus, Geitna-Jkof.
Arundo Arenaria, Melar.
- - - foliorum lateribus convolutls.
Cochicaria, Skarfa-kaal.
Plantago anguftifolia, Selgrcfe.
Epilobium tetragonum, Purpura-hloomflur.
Polygonum biflort, Kornfura.
Sifymbrium, L in , Kattar-balfam.
* Ventrofa craflà, Kujkel, JkelkuJhel.
Domi porta, Kudimgur, kufungur, kongur.
Mytulus, Kraklingur.
- - - Major, Ada.
Agaricus caulefcens, pileo albo, JEttè-fveps.
- fupra pileo plano, JEtte-fuepr.
- fubconvexo, Reyde-kula.
- of an unknown fort, Bleikula.
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In the morning and evening they commonly
eat curds mixed with new milk,
and fometimes with juniper berries,
and thofe o f crake or crow-berries ;
in fome parts they alfo have pottage o f
fialgras, which, I alTure you, is very
palatable ; vallidrafli, or curdled milk,
boiled till it becomes o f a red colour;
feiddmjolk, or new milk, boiled a long
while. At dinner, their food coniifts
of dried iiili, with plenty o f four butter.
They alfo fometimes eat frefli iiih,
and, when poffible, a little bread and
cheefe with them. It is reported by
fome, that they do not eat any fiili
till it is quite rotten; this report, perhaps,
proceeds from their being fond
of it when a little tainted : they however
frequently eat fiili that is quite
freili, though in the fame manner
as the reft o f their food, or often without
fait.
On Sunday, and in harveft-time,
they have broth made of meat, which
is often boiled in fyra, inftead o f water
; and in winter they eat hung or
dried meat.
Their