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Visit to Iceland

CHAPTER X
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The streets are broad, and the houses partly of wood and partly of stone.

The most interesting feature is the ancient church, and in it a much-damaged wooden altar-piece, which is kept in the vestry.

Though the figures are coarse and disproportionate, one must admire the composition and the carving.

The reliefs on the pulpit, and a beautiful monument to the right of the altar, also deserve admiration.

These are all carved in wood.
In the afternoon we passed the Danish island Malmo.
At last, after having been nearly four days on the sea instead of two days and a half, we arrived safely in the harbour of Travemunde on the 22d September at two o'clock in the morning.


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