A description of the Feroe Islands, containing an account of their situation, climate and productions; together with the manners, and customs, of the inhabitants, their trade, &c / By G. Landt. Translated from the Danish.

  • Landt, Jørgen, 1751-1804.
Date:
1810
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Credit: A description of the Feroe Islands, containing an account of their situation, climate and productions; together with the manners, and customs, of the inhabitants, their trade, &c / By G. Landt. Translated from the Danish. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    embrace the opportunity which my leisure then afforded me of gratifying their wishes ; and began the following attempt towards a description of them. But, though the me- moranda I had made supplied me with valu- able materials, I found that in many par- ticulars they Were far from being complete ; aud I was, therefore, obliged to supply the deficiency from such printed works and manuscripts as I was able to procure. These I employed wherever I found them suited to my purpose ; but I can safely assert that I never copied any circumstance as authentic without having previously convinced myself of its truth by every means in my power. Being no great admirer of old traditions, I have mentioned only in a very brief man- ner what I thought necessary to introduce in regard to the ancient state of the inhabit- ants of these islands : and on this subject 1 made use of what has been quoted from old writers respecting the trade of Feroe, by H. Debes, and Lucas Debes ; and also what has been said by the more modern w riters on statistics—Thaarup and Schlcgel. Besides these helps, I obtained the perusal of some manuscripts, containing materials towards a Natural History of Feroe, written