Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809The Journal includes images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks. Paying particular attention to political structures and religious institutions, Hooker includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more. As an academic botanist by trade, his journal entries describe the flora of the country; plants collected by Hooker on this trip were lost in a fire on the return voyage. |
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Page xlii
... fishing - season calls the men or at least the greater number of them to the coast : others only resort thither in the summer when the fishing is nearly completed , and take with them their butter and wadmal to exchange for the fish ...
... fishing - season calls the men or at least the greater number of them to the coast : others only resort thither in the summer when the fishing is nearly completed , and take with them their butter and wadmal to exchange for the fish ...
Page xliii
... fish and butter ; the former mostly eaten in a dry state and uncooked ; the latter made without salt , with all the whey and super- fluous moisture pressed out , in which state it will keep for fifteen or twenty years , acquiring in the ...
... fish and butter ; the former mostly eaten in a dry state and uncooked ; the latter made without salt , with all the whey and super- fluous moisture pressed out , in which state it will keep for fifteen or twenty years , acquiring in the ...
Page lii
... fish , mutton , lamb and beef , butter , tallow , train - oil , coarse woollen cloth , stockings , gloves , raw wool ... fishing - tackle , various implements of iron , tobacco , bread , spi- rituous liquors , wine , salt , linen , with ...
... fish , mutton , lamb and beef , butter , tallow , train - oil , coarse woollen cloth , stockings , gloves , raw wool ... fishing - tackle , various implements of iron , tobacco , bread , spi- rituous liquors , wine , salt , linen , with ...
Page liv
... fish , which is of the best kind ; so that if the fisheries were properly conducted they might prove a source of inex- haustible wealth to the island ; for fish from that country always sells at a much higher rate than what comes from ...
... fish , which is of the best kind ; so that if the fisheries were properly conducted they might prove a source of inex- haustible wealth to the island ; for fish from that country always sells at a much higher rate than what comes from ...
Page lxi
... fish ; the former , though of sufficient width in many instances to admit of navigation , are too much obstructed by rocks and shallows to be employed to this important object . The bays and harbors are both numerous and safe , though ...
... fish ; the former , though of sufficient width in many instances to admit of navigation , are too much obstructed by rocks and shallows to be employed to this important object . The bays and harbors are both numerous and safe , though ...
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