The New York herald., 1874-11-24

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Morse ancestry Our credentials peing delvereQ
ns We 1s IL
cordance win rules previously laid down iog
the reception OF the representatives o. learned
the King, the Governor Of the island and the
Mayor OF ReikiaviK. The formal occasion en-
ceedings at ThingvaIla aud two public banquetsr
the cathedral services were very lmpressvlves;. vs.. =
was sung n BY sSe ne entire Congregation with mar
velous effect The music was nne, the voices
texe,eent ana me occasion pelng S one urnr,sn
that there was exhibited deep emotion. Never
before nave people celebrated the thonsandtn an"
uaiiy following the organic plan, and certainly u
would be impossible, at the present time, for
TO preserve their language, laws and social
time. After the church services the King. ct hts
banquet, arose and drank prosperity to the future
and. amid the widest enthusiasm, the new con.
sttutlon was proclaimed. iris gives Iceland
win tend to greatly develop the country, which
possesses many resources needing cultivation 70
ports are Goldfish salmon and WOOL oI' While the
cultivation OF these industries does not create
any large degree OF individual wealth they are
productive OF general competency. l found
the necessaries OF NE possessed in abnn.
dance, Injuries we're not uncommon. and tho
people were happy and content: The school
system Is most admirable, and the icelanders
show q remarkable greed Tor learning In
Some Of our English classics are translated ana
published IN RelkiavlR. and are greatly ~ demand.
crime is almost unknown, the common jail nog
having had an occupant except the Jailer and mis-
family, these twenty years past; not indeed until
headquarters. Rekavik contains about 17.00O
inhabitants, and is mainly composed OF comforsa-
BILE frame houses, rooed with slate and sur
rounded oy little gardens, In which are cultivaeed
potatoes, caeoages and other common garden
and oats. VIII r,pen. though Is is said they were
grown there In former times. The trees men
aisappearsa 4as W Ws except the low stunsea
birch and willow pushes -, which, aoweysr:
timber Needed, e even for the small farm se souses q
the interior, s brought from Norway Yet the
bush supplies sulciency Of fuel ~ those places,
OF which there are exhaustless beds, Ia tue only
luei. except occasional supplies Of English coal.
The present aspect OF the Island now is that OF q
forestless girde OF green. enclosing volcanic
desert, and Inhabited by about 10000 people This
others 1t extends for q considerable distance up
the valleys. such as those, for instance, through
which dow tue He.ta twhitel and Thorso rivers.
In the valleyof the former are found tue geysers,
long known az the most remarkable spouting
cent discoveries IN the Yellowstone region. These
] had the good fortune 70 examine with minute
investig sons there leel could not be crowded
into the short space OF time allotted 10 me this
sa .s s
200 leet for our benefit. The Doctor here took
occasion 10 refer to the map and give general
by railroad and America after giving q lund OF
Interesting Information as folows:-But my chief
tatve oi the society as the commission which was
brought TO o close on the classic ground OF Ming.
possibly exceed the grandeur Of the scenery Of this
great lava 1eld. crooked and distorted
nouch IN ever, EorsoIs s1soR Where the ,ps su0u. x
things met present even more grand and fearful
appearance than the old Sagas describe it: Our
our credentials and our reception by the King at
the close, WIN long be remembered, taking place,
famed 0xara River and beneath the giant irown-
ing lava cliffs OF the Almana-Ria. My companions
besides Mr. Field, Mr.. Bayard Taylor MIR. Murat
Halstead, Professor kneeland, Mr. Gladstone and
Professor Sass Elrcker Magnuson' naive lceanoer
be recalled by all interested In Morse ltera-
oil met WIN the
published On admirable account OF our wander
ings In his Egypt and Iceland" At one time It was
us; but that eminent traveller seems on the whole
TO prefer TO travel alone, and perhaps he is wise,
say 50; Tor. whether swelsering in the msiarial
)ungles OF Africa or drinking in the glories OF the
observer Of men aud things. and am rejolced 10
be associated here tonight IN the general ustra-
ton Of norseiand WITH one who has Done 50 much
to deserve In Its best sense the title OF traveller
AS Dr. Hayes closed his remarks Judge DAILY
again came forward and the second time intro
duced n. Du Chau. This gentleman began by
saying he had often got into big scrapes, but thas
said, viii do the best can. He went on to ex-
plain that ne did not like the sea- but that he was
at home on the mainland. After short descrip-
tion Of the coast Oh Lapand, which was the widest
he had ever seen, he gave description OF the
height and majesty OF the glacier to be seen
there aud the mountainous waterfalls
that abound along II. The people along
tho coast are al fishermen, he
sand, and was o fisherman too Tor while, but
didn't like II. Alter explaining the nature OF the
government OF the people he showed the state Of
in diamete. at 10 degrees north latitude lap
land IS the country OF the reindeer. and Its people
are nomads They live good deal In tents, but
those tents are maze OF wool and not q bit like
those have seen in some OF our weekly Illustrated
papers. had an idea, before went to Lapland,
that the people were dark and something like the
Esqumaux, but found was mistaken when
got there. They are fair and ranging in size
rom tour leet four to four feet six.
when old are ugly. This comes OF their cheek
bones, which grow up or protrude more as they
age All the Laplanders can read, and all 60 to
church. They have q minister and schoolmaster
In every district In Norway and sweden, and you
see the result In the people, Mr. Du Ohaiiu then
pointed ous on map the district he had travelled
over in those countries, and at the end OF his ad-
dress put on the Lapanders' dress for the pene-
Mt OF the audience, who seemed not only sur.
prise. but delighted. The evening entertainments
closed with q series OF views oil Iceland, which
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