INDEX.
ii&AHVER, a remarkable boiling fountain, i . 309.
Acerbi, Mr., his account of a vapor-bath in Finland,
i. 317. note.
Adani', D r . j his incorrect account of Iceland and of
Hecla, I . 148. note.
¿Etna, dates of the eruptions of, it. 107. note.
Agreement, copy of the, between the English and Icelanders,
11 . 99.
Afretur, 11. 136.
Akaroe, visit to the island of, 1. 41—birds of, 1 . 42, 43.
Akra-jiel, a remarkable mountain, 1 . 276, 291.
Alca arctiea, abundance of, 1. 43—its uses among the
Icelanders, 1. 44.
Almannegiaa, a remarkable chasm, entrance of, 1 . 1 0 1
103 — particular description of, 1 . 207— plants of,
i. 116, 209.
Althing, the court o f civil and criminal judicature,
I . xxii, 105. note.
Anas histrionica, 1. 268.
Anderson, an historian of Iceland, his absurd stories
respecting the natives o f that country, 1 . 135.
Andromeda hypnoides, singular beauty o f the flower*
of, 1. 85.
Angelica Archangelica, 1 . —used as food, 1 . 192.
Animals, effect of the volcanic eruption of 1783 upon«
I I . 228.
Anthoceros punctatus, 1 . 315, note.
Antiquities, few remains of, 1 . lxxxiii.