A Visit To Iceland And The Scandinavian North By Madame Ida Pfeiffer































































































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Herr Knudson is one of the first general dealers in Copenhagen, and
carries on a larger and more extended commerce - Page 41
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Herr Knudson Is One Of The First General Dealers In Copenhagen, And Carries On A Larger And More Extended Commerce With Iceland Than Any Other House Trading Thither.

He is already beginning to retire, as the continual journeys are becoming irksome to him; but he still owns

A number of great and small vessels, which are partly employed in the fisheries, and partly in bringing all kinds of articles of consumption and luxury to the different harbours of Iceland.

He himself goes in one of his ships every year, and stays a few months in Iceland to settle his affairs there. On the recommendation of Herr Gottschalk, Herr Knudson was kind enough to give me a passage in the ship in which he made the journey himself; a favour which I knew how to value. It is certainly no small kindness to take a lady passenger on such a journey. Herr Knudson knew neither my fortitude nor my perseverance; he did not know whether I should be able to endure the hardships of a journey to the north, whether I would bear sea-sickness philosophically, or even if I had courage enough, in case of storms or bad weather, to abstain from annoying the captain by my fears or complaints at a time when he would only have too much to harass him. The kind man allowed no such considerations to influence him. He believed me when I promised to behave courageously come what might, and took me with him.

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