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expressing rather a decided opinion upon the practice
of etymologists, who, finding that an English word
closely resembles a German word, state that the English
word is derived from the German. I do not believe
that in the whole vocabulary of English, twelve words
can be found (not of modern introduction) that have
been derived from the German. The multitude of
words resembling the German do so from having a
common origin with the German ; the English and
German being separate branches from the same trunk,
that trunk being the old Norsk. I do not, of course,
affirm that German or old English is altogether derived
from the old Norsk; for, of course, we had the Celtic,
and some of the Roman elements introduced at an
early period, while the German has, in like manner,
its other ancient elements. If I might venture upon
a theory, it would be that all we have in common
with the German lias been derived from the same
source, but lias passed through a different channel.
We have received the Icelandic, or old Norsk, through
Norway and Denmark, while it has reached Germany
through Sweden; our deviations from the old tongue
resemble the Danish, while those of the German are
like the Swedish: the Danish words stand midway
between ours and the old Norsk, while the Swedish
stand in like manner between the old Norsk and
German.
The grandeur of the Loffodens was considerably
diminished 011 our return to them. The greater part
of the snow had melted, and the rocky peaks appeared
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