If a few German peasants were transported hither, what a different appearance the country would soon have! The best soil in Iceland is on the Norderland.

There are a few potato-grounds there, and some little trees, which, without any cultivation, have reached a height of seven to eight feet.

Herr Boge, established here for thirty years, had planted some mountain-ash and birch-trees, which had grown to a height of sixteen feet.
In the Norderland, and every where except on the coast, the people live by breeding cattle.

Many a peasant there possesses from two to four hundred sheep, ten to fifteen cows, and ten to twelve horses.

There are not many who are so rich, but at all events they are better off than the inhabitants of the sea-coast.