treſs which occaſioned this Law among them.
But in my Opinion, there is little occaſion at this Day for putting it in practice; for how much ſoever the Natives of Man might formerly devote themſelves to the Will and Pleaſure of their Miſtreſſes, they now uſe them with ſo little Ceremony, that I wonder how theſe poor Creatures can ever taſte any Felicity in Love; or indeed, can be brought to endure the Marriage-Yoke, where there is ſo little to compenſate for the Servilities it reduces them to, in a Climate ſo uncourteous to their Sex.
They tell you alſo, that their Iſland: was once much larger than it is at preſent; but that a Magician, who had great Power over it, and committed many wonderful and horrible things, being oppoſed by one who was a Friend to the Place, and, at length, overcome by him; he, in revenge, raiſed a furious Wind, not only in the Air, but alſo in the Boſom of the Earth, which rending it, tore off ſeveral Pieces; which floating in the Sea, in Process of time were converted into
Stone,
