t
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Smnar m, 5. Fardaga ?n. 6. Nottley-
fu ?n. 7. Midfu?nar m. 8. Hey anna
m. 9. Adratta m. 10. Slaatrimar
7n. I I . Ridtidar m. 12. Skammdeigis
m. Day and night are not divided
into a certain number o f hours, but
into the following diviiions ; Otta is
with them three o’clock in the morning
; Midiir morgon, or Herdis rifmal,
five o’clock ; Dagmal, half pail e igh t ;
Haadeye, eleven ; Nonn, three in the
afternoon ; Midur afton, fix in the
evening ; Nattinall, eight; and Mid-
natt, midnight.
When they want to know what
o’clock it is, they attend to the courfe
o f the fun, and the flux and reflux of
the fea ; but generally they make ufe
o f an art to difcover the fun by their
fingers, Watches are very rare among
them ; every peafant, however, has
an hour-glafs.
L E T T E R
L E T T E R XI.
To Chevalier B a c h .
O f the Difeafes in Iceland,
Stockholm, 0 £l. I , 1776.
YOU require. Sir, that I iliould give
you fome account o f the difeafes
common in Iceland. I will obey your
commands, though it is more the province
o f a phyfician to undertake the
fubjed, as it requires fo much exad;-
nefs and penetration.
As I have been fo happy as to be
unacquainted with any difeaie from
my own experience, I have as little
endeavoured to gain any knowledge by
reading fuch books as treat of them ;
you will therefore pardon me i f my
account is not perfed.
The climate of the country, and
the purity of the air, contribute very
much to make the Icelanders ilrong
and healthy, though their food and
way of life frequently produce the
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