to seize the archbishop, who took refuge in flight.  John of
Nepomuk, however, and another priest, were seized and put to the torture
to confess what were the designs of the archbishop.  The king seems to
have suspected that the queen was in some way connected with the line of
conduct pursued by the archbishop.  John of Nepomuk, however, refused,
even though the King with his own hand burned him with a torch.
Irritated by his obstinate silence, the king caused the poor monk to be
cast over the bridge into the Moldau.  This monk was afterwards
canonised, and made the patron saint of bridges.--ED.

{8}  Albert von Wallenstein (or Waldstein), the famous Duke of Friedland,
is celebrated as one of the ablest commanders of the imperial forces
during the protracted religious contest knownwho had been smitten with the charms of an Esquimaux lady, wished
to make her a present, and knowing the taste peculiar to those regions,
he gave her with all due honours a pound of candles, six to the pound!
The present was so acceptable to the lady, that she eagerly devoured the
lot in the presence of her wondering admirer.--ED.

{33}  An American travelling in Iceland in 1852 thus describes, in a
letter to the _Boston Post_, the mode of travelling:--"All travel is on
horseback.  Immense numbers of horses are raised in the country, and they
are exceedingly cheap.  As for travelling on foot, even short journeys,
no one ever thinks of it.  The roads are so bad for walking, and
generally so good for riding that shoe-leather, to say nothing of
fatigue, would