on goose; and some have been
found on the Fern Islands, off the coast of Northumberland.--ED.

{35} The same remark applies with equal force to many people who are not
Icelanders. It was once the habit among a portion of the population of
Lancashire, on returning from market, to carry their goods in a bag
attached to one end of a string slung over their shoulders, which was
balanced by a bag containing a stone at the other. Some time ago, it was
pointed out to a worthy man thus returning from market, that it would be
easier for him to throw away the stone, and make half of his load balance
the other half, but the advice was rejected with disdain; the plan he had
adopted was that of his forefathers, and he would on no account depart
from it.--ED.

{36} The description of the Wolf's Hollow occurs in the second act of
_Der Freyschutz_, when Rodolph sings:

"How horrid, dark, and wild, and drear,
Doth this gaping gulf appear!
It seems the hue of hell to wear.
The bellowing thunder bursts yon clouds,
The moon with blood has stained her light!
What forms are those in misty shrouds,
That stalk before my sight?
And now, hush! hush!
The owl is hooting in yon bush;
How yonder oak-tree's blasted arms
Upon me seem to frown!
My heart recoils, but all alarms
Are vain: fate calls, I must down, down."

{37} The reader must bear in mind that, during the season of which I
speak, there is no twilight, much less night, in Iceland.

{38} The springs of Carlsbad are said to have been unknown until about
five hundred years ago, when a hunting-dog belonging to one of the
emperors of Germany fell in, and by his howling attracted the hunters to
the spot. The temperature of the chief spring is 165 degrees.--ED.

{39} History tells of this great Icelandic poet, that owing to his
treachery the free island of Iceland came beneath the Norwegian sceptre.
For this reason he could never appear in Iceland without a strong guard,
and therefore visited the Allthing under the protection of a small army
of 600 men. Being at length surprised by his enemies in his house at
Reikiadal, he fell beneath their blows, after a short and ineffectual
resistance. [Snorri Sturluson, the most distinguished name of which
Iceland can boast, was born, in 1178, at Hoam. In his early years he was
remarkably fortunate in his worldly affairs. The fortune he derived from
his father was small, b