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654 VON TROIL’S LETTERS ON ICELAND,
ornaments of brafs; and thofe that are eafier in their circumftances, of broad cloth,
with filver ornaments gilt. I faw one of thefe drefles, which belonged to the bailiff’s
wile, and was worth at leaft three hundred dollars. Perhaps it would not be difagree-
able to perule a lift of the different articles which compofe an Icelandic woman’s drefs,
one of which Mr. Banks bought, in order to take to England, with his other Icelandic
collections.
Rix Dol. Shil. Dan.
Hempa (upper drefs) - - : - 4 °
Hettve (travelling hat) = = a) hes O
Upphlutur (bodice) - : - - 2° 24
Svinta (apron) - ar = 6 °
Treja (jacket) * - “ - 4 i)
Mallinda (girdle) - x - : 6 °
Fat (petticoat) - : - 8 °
Kyedja (chain) ee a S 4 fe
Laufa prionar (bodkins ornamented with filver) - 6 oO
Koffur (fillet) - - - 2 3)
Erma knappar (fleeve-buttons) - - I 24
Quen vetlingar (rough gloves) - - fe) 49
Aubreida (a cloth to wrap their clothes in) - - 4 fo)
53 46
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LETTER VIII.—tTo CHEVALIER IHRE.
Of the Houfes and Buildings of the Icelanders.
Stockholm, Sept. 14. 1774.
Tue houfes of the Icelanders are not alike throughout the country. According to
fome defcriptions, they are tolerable on the north fide of the ifland; but on that part
of Iceland which I have feen, they were all extremely bad, excepting thofe of the go-
vernor at Beffeftedr, the phyfician’s at Seltiarnarnes, and the fheriff’s at Wido, which
were built of {tone at the king’s expence. In fome parts the dwellings and other
buildings of the Icelanders are made of drift-wood, in others they are raifed of lava,
almoft in the fame manner as the ftone-walls we make for inclofures, with mofs ftuffed
between the Java. In fome houfes the walls are wainfcotted on the infide. The roof
is covered with fods laid over rafting, or fometimes over ribs of whales, which is both
more durable and more expenfive than wood. ‘The timber-work refts on many beams
laid length-ways. ‘The walls are about three yards high, and the entrance fomewhat
lower. The plan of one of thefe houfes is here annexed, to give a better idea of it.
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