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Chapter 167
Their costume consisted of a coarse jacket of black woollen cloth called in Scandinavian lands a 'vadmel,' a hat with a very broad brim, trousers with a narrow edge of red, and a bit of leather rolled round the foot for shoes. The women looked as sad and as resigned as the men; their faces were agreeable but expressionless, and they wore gowns and petticoats of dark 'vadmel'; as maidens, they wore over their braided hair a little knitted brown cap; when married, they put around their heads a coloured handkerchief, crowned with a peak of white linen. After a good walk I returned to M. Fridrikssen's house, where I found my uncle already in his host's company. CHAPTER X. INTERESTING CONVERSATIONS WITH ICELANDIC SAVANTS Dinner was ready. Professor Liedenbrock devoured his portion voraciou
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