The down is sold at about twelve shillings per pound, so that the produce of each nest is about three shillings.

The eider-duck is nearly as large as the common 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.