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Visit to Iceland

CHAPTER III
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In ascending and descending the hills very formidable spots sometimes oppose the traveller's progress.

The road is at times so hidden among swamps and bogs, that not a trace of it is to be distinguished, and I could only wonder how my guide always succeeded in regaining the right path.

One could almost suppose that on these dangerous paths both horse and man are guided by a kind of instinct.
Travelling is more expensive in Iceland than any where else, particularly when one person travels alone, and must bear all the expense of the baggage, the guide, ferries, &c.

Horses are not let out on hire, they must be bought.

They are, however, very cheap; a pack-horse costs from eighteen to twenty-four florins, and a riding-horse from forty to fifty florins.


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