LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| PAGE | |
| Laborers and Shipwrights | [10] |
| Russian and Finn | [11] |
| Cooper’s Shop and Residence | [15] |
| Merchant, Peddlers and Coachman | [18] |
| Istrovoschiks | [21] |
| Fish Peddler | [29] |
| Young Peasants | [31] |
| Dvornick and Postman | [35] |
| Glazier, Painter, Carpenters | [37] |
| Hay Gatherers | [46] |
| Prisoners for Siberia | [58] |
| Tea-sellers | [61] |
| Mujiks at Tea | [63] |
| Russian Theatre | [68] |
| The Peterskoi Gardens | [72] |
| Vodka | [75] |
| Old-clothes’ Market | [78] |
| Cabinet-makers | [84] |
| Pigs, Pups, and Pans | [87] |
| Imperial Nosegay | [90] |
| Skinned and Stuffed Man | [100] |
| Frozen Animals in the Market | [101] |
| Mujik and Cats | [103] |
| Effects of “Little Water” | [111] |
| Russian Beggars | [115] |
| Gambling Saloon | [122] |
| A Passage of Politeness | [157] |
| Serfs | [168] |
| In Norseland | [292] |
| The Steamer entering the Fjord | [295] |
| Coast of Norway | [297] |
| The Islands | [299] |
| Approach to Christiania | [303] |
| Station-house, Logen Valley | [313] |
| Station-boy | [321] |
| “Good-by—Many Thanks!” | [322] |
| Norwegian Peasant Family | [324] |
| The Post-girl | [330] |
| Waiting for a Nibble | [341] |
| Snow-plow | [344] |
| A Drinking Bout | [345] |
| A Norwegian Farm | [347] |
| Norwegian Church | [348] |
| Parish Schoolmaster | [349] |
| Dovre Fjeld | [353] |
| Playing him out | [356] |
| English Sportsman | [358] |
| Bear Chase | [359] |
| Peasant Women at Work | [360] |
| Wheeling Girls | [363] |
| Justice of the Peace | [365] |
| Model Landlord | [367] |
| Drivsdal Valley | [369] |
| Passage on the Driv | [371] |
| The Prize | [375] |
| Traveling on Foot | [382] |
| The great Geyser | [385] |
| Hans Christian Andersen | [394] |
| A Dandy Tourist | [406] |
| Thorshavn | [407] |
| View in Faroe Islands | [409] |
| Faroese Children | [412] |
| Faroese Islanders | [414] |
| Kirk Göboe | [421] |
| Farm-house and Ruins | [423] |
| Faroese on Horseback | [425] |
| Natural Bridge | [427] |
| Coast of Iceland | [429] |
| The Meal-sack | [430] |
| Reykjavik, the Capital of Iceland | [432] |
| Governor’s Residence, Reykjavik | [434] |
| Icelandic Houses | [435] |
| Church at Reykjavik | [436] |
| Icelanders at Work | [438] |
| Geir Zöega | [441] |
| Icelandic Horses | [443] |
| English Party at Reykjavik | [447] |
| A Rough Road | [451] |
| Taking Snuff | [454] |
| An Icelandic Bog | [459] |
| Geir Zöega and Brusa | [463] |
| Entrance to the Almannajau | [466] |
| The Almannajau | [467] |
| Skeleton View of the Almannajau | [469] |
| Outline View of Thingvalla | [470] |
| Fall of the Almannajau | [472] |
| Icelandic Shepherd-girl | [473] |
| Church at Thingvalla | [477] |
| The Pastor’s House | [479] |
| The Pastor of Thingvalla | [485] |
| Skeleton View of the Lögberg | [488] |
| Thingvalla, Lögberg, Almannajau | [489] |
| Diagram of the Lögberg | [490] |
| An Artist at Home | [492] |
| Lava-fjelds | [494] |
| Effigy in Lava | [495] |
| The Hrafnajau | [497] |
| The Tintron Rock | [499] |
| Bridge River | [502] |
| Shepherd and Family | [506] |
| The Strokhr | [516] |
| Side-saddle | [519] |
| Great Geyser and Receiver | [525] |
| Strokhr and Receiver | [525] |
| “Oh-o-o-ah!” | [529] |
| The English Party | [533] |
| Interior of Icelandic Hut | [536] |
| An Awkward Predicament | [540] |
THE LAND OF THOR.
CHAPTER I.
IMPRESSIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG.
I landed at St. Petersburg with a knapsack on my back and a hundred dollars in my pocket. An extensive tour along the borders of the Arctic Circle was before me, and it was necessary I should husband my resources.