One Of The Islands, Called Virgin Land, Is A Flat, With Some Depth
Of Earth, Extending For Half A Norwegian Mile, With Three Farms On
It, Tolerably Well Cultivated.
On some of the bare rocks I saw straggling houses; they rose above
the denomination of huts inhabited by fishermen.
My companions
assured me that they were very comfortable dwellings, and that they
have not only the necessaries, but even what might be reckoned the
superfluities of life. It was too late for me to go on shore, if
you will allow me to give that name to shivering rocks, to ascertain
the fact.
But rain coming on, and the night growing dark, the pilot declared
that it would be dangerous for us to attempt to go to the place of
our destination - East Rusoer - a Norwegian mile and a half further;
and we determined to stop for the night at a little haven, some half
dozen houses scattered under the curve of a rock. Though it became
darker and darker, our pilot avoided the blind rocks with great
dexterity.
It was about ten o'clock when we arrived, and the old hostess
quickly prepared me a comfortable bed - a little too soft or so, but
I was weary; and opening the window to admit the sweetest of breezes
to fan me to sleep, I sunk into the most luxurious rest: it was
more than refreshing. The hospitable sprites of the grots surely
hovered round my pillow; and, if I awoke, it was to listen to the
melodious whispering of the wind amongst them, or to feel the mild
breath of morn.
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