, 1876-05-12

The Pleasant Experiences !of a
Chicago Gentleman.
A Criticism OF Capt. Robert F. Burton's
Book on HUltima Thule"

The following letter Is from Chicago gen.
t,oao.n 4-,,,'.as .,,ont 49,
and seems to have enjoyed it. The country, it
anncors. ia not $, f1cso1ato and rncomfortab]c
in winter as is commonly supposed:
REEKJAv1K, Iceland, Feb. II, 1S;6.-After
most apreeablc soiourn in the nnrth of Ireland.
have now again returned to the ! Capital" as
~&4'0 @N'~'~ ~ y.sr1y q NONE pIr.s.sT ~
than had supposed it would. In the first
place, the weather has favored me. The name
of this island as nres1mc von are aware. is
w. y. 'D5 5ns,.a, lsI' % 4sa tpa ~ oaa snar =,
the country. hut from, the number
~ crson,,nd ;coheras ,yhtn,, +be firet sctt1ers
saw at the west coast~ Hence not everything
is glacial here; but, on the contrary tho tenn
nerature is remarkably 1ish ono, / have but
once seen the thermometer lrop TO IS degrees
Fohronh,;t ahovc zcro. otherwise IT, has varied
,l-4...s"D 40 s. 49,, En ao,.xaas A., 49,
cattle, horses, and sheep haye-as is usually the
caeo hore--ronr ont II, winter Secondly. T
,1 1,aro aniovs6 ,n,menscly +hc 1orschae,,rii;ng
I had the good luck to get some yery fine spcci-
,,ons of +bo bcont;fu, little brood of horses
HlenS o. tuu a., Deau auat 49,. r.t;.r e ao.;raS
great deal of pleasure. And lastly,--what I
ought perhaps to have mentioned drst,-l have
had tho good fortune to meet i number Of
the kiudest. most pleasant sociabe. and urbaue
ncopIc, who have shown me great deal OF hosp1-
tality.
THE OMIT D1sAGREEADLE FART
Of nv Journey was the trim from Akurcfri. in the
fnr nnrth to Reykiayil. I left AE,rciri on tic
1't,, Of Jannarr' ind it took twenty four days to
reach 17rvkiavfk, while q terrible hurricane vas
blowing ali thc tine, and tue rain pouring down in
tnrrents sritfnnt intcrruntion we actually hud to
walk lie r-rcatest nert Of the way for thc double
reason fhat It was mpossib|r TO sit on thc horses
nn account Of the storm, and because the roads
were in such terrible condition that our brave
times rycn without riders. rhe worst of aII how
cvnr wac IN. W. frennently aftrr stoupinc over
Tia n;Tht with sume peasant had to
put on our thoronghly; ;arenehed clothing as
XIV e1ide' who hns made tic trip more Than hun
drsi tinnes' assured me that he had ncycr seen go
cnntinnnns hni weather. or such hottomless roads
ffowevce we aid ret through md, strange to say
ia not e,cn w catrE cold hS 1his esnosure
,1Au.FAculr1Es.
or, ,,o7 COMMUNICATING tn 1onr very much for tbe
orr.s1 I ~ ia rst fran Eucland and
M snsf IL oneer tbInr foT man Who fpr
paoae1@ss, @ & ius T., 1s a,Yeano an I'M s mali dc,;y
seals nus f,r 4n,es Inv r. W. almost siy
monthS without RECEIVING letter. Who can tell
at r hnvo bannarcG IN tho civilized world tur-
;nr thcss s;V montiss or what NAV have bcfaen
frI,ns and reratiyes in this long period Still,
n.nn M l ataruntive presume ths best ono can
do Is 10 nope 10. tne oest, & ,eland +hc wor uh
'sheo 1as' seal ~ ~ nnnEnT 'nn eJs p nrrros.
.,.,o, ;. 1S;ti,,o Th,1n. ~ 1 SUMMER in 1cc
entltea oiLiiiia nus, Eo.ao1 ~, - 1nlaa and to
lanu, ~ W.. "uen ahn,afi, ne t ~ Eurtnn nrcten1s
Icei:hoeIs nosi ,t o,: nn1 - bn,. TN d.
tn;t ne nus p 4i iSia, ~ w;. ofter carefn}
neeHsa Of the two Volumes royal octave. very
sa5o.'stS . S.,s oni s1I;nus Tt,1 % many other
EaEe OF Ppnnos nu d n,ns,s hr INV .rc1, NJ Burton