Was ferved np with bifcuit, cheefe, and
four butter* In the middle of the
table was placed a diili with dried iiili
cut fmall ; the other diihes were a
piece o f good roail mutton, broth
with fyra, and a diili o f falmon-
trouts, &c. &c. We eat with a very
good appetite; but the four butter
and dried iiili were not often applied
t o ; on the whole, we eat a greater
quantity o f bread than the Icelanders
generally do*
So elegant an entertainment could
not be without a deifert; and for this
purpofe fome whale and fhark {hafkal)
Were ferved up; which arc either
falted, &c. boiled or dried in the air,
looks very much like rufty bacon, and
had fo difagreeable a taile, that the
fmall quantity we took of it, drove us
from the table long before our intention.
Moft probably you already thank
me for my entertainment, and are
happy to fee the end of my letter*
L E T T E R
L E T T E R X .
To Chevalier I h r e .
O f the Employment o f the Icelanders,
and their Chronology*
Stòckholni, Septi 6, 1774.
^ 1 ''HE Icelanders principally attend
-A to fiiiiing, and the care o f their
cattle.
On the coafts thè men employ their
time in fifliing, botli fummer and winter
; on their return home, after they
have drawn and cleailed their fiili,
they give them to their wives, whofe
care it is to dry them. In the winter,
when the inclemency of thè weather
prevents them from fiiliiiig, they are
obliged to take care o f their cattle,
and fpin wool. In fummer they mow
the grafs, dig turf, provide fuel, go
in fearch o f flieep and goats that
are gone aftray, and kill cattle. They
likewife attend to their wadmal, or
coarfe cloath ; for that purpoie they
H make
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