Apn-vatn, i. 126— cold experienced in the vicinity of,
x. 204.
Ashes, volcanic, effect of, upon vegetation, u. 225.
Aurora borealis, fine appearance of, i. 349.
Banks, Sir Joseph, i. iii. 61, 70, 159, 2 1 0 . note—281,
356—n . 9, 58, 109, 116. note.
Barrow, Mr. his account o f hot-springs in the island of
Amsterdam, i. 161. note.
Basalt, i. 35, 93, 267.
Bath, remarkable one at Heykholt, x. 311—vapor-bath,
i. 316.
Bears, Arctic, their visits to the coast o f Iceland, and
the value of their skins, i. 53.
Beggars, Icelandic, singular law respecting, i. xviii. note.
Bergman, Professor, i. 142.
Bessestedr, i. 351—miserable state of the school of,
i. 351.
Betula nana, i. 241.
Birds of Iceland, i. 37, 42, 43, 334.
Bishops, residences of, i. 38—present bishop of Iceland,
i. 27, 37, 38.
Blinde Fugle-Skier, if. 262. note.
Bolus, about the hot-springs of Kreisevig, i. 238, 243.
Borgafiord, journey to, i. 252.
Borrer, Mr., i. 225.
Bory de St. Vincent, i, 1 0 1 . note.
Botany of Iceland, i. 327.
Boula,’ a remarkable ipountain, particulars respecting
the interior of, i. 299.
Bright, Mr., i. 72.
Brueraa, passage of the river of, i, 137.
Brydone, Mr., i. 249.
Caithness, view o f the coasts of, i. 4.
Canis lagopus, particulars respecting, i. 50.
Carex, supposed new species of, an important article in
husbandry, i. 304.
Catharinea glabrata, i. 24.
Chasms, remarkable ones, near Thingevalle, i, 1 1 2 .
Christianity, first introduction of, into Iceland, i. Ix.
Churches, i. 114. .
Clausen, Mr., ii. 47.
Clergy, their wretched salaries and poverty, i. 96, 130.
Cod-fish, mode o f curing of, i. Ixxxvi. note.
Cold, severity of in 1784. i i . 226.
Conferva, found in heated water, i. 49.
Corn, particulars respecting the cultivation of, in former
times, l. 291. note.
Cows, 1 . 3 4 5 .
Crater o f a volcano, described, x. 122, 125.
Cyclopterus lumpus, i. 351.
Danes, their property in Iceland confiscated, ri. 41.
Darwin, Dr., his mistaken account of the Geyser,
1 . 147. note.
Diseases, o f the Icelanders, i. xcix.
Dogs, i. 339.
Drift-timber, encouragement for the collecting and
using of, i i . 3 66.
Dyticus, a species of, seen in the heated waters, i. 49.
Edda, i . lx x v .
Eels, found in hot water, i. 49.
Egclosen, the priest, i. 94, 217.
Eider-duaks, i. 42, 43—o rd in a n c e r e sp e c tin g th e pres
e r v a tio n of, i i , 361,