Molluscee, i. 334.
Mosses found near the hot-springs, i. 50.
Motacilla Trochilus and atricapilla, seen at sea, i. 3.
Myvatn, sulphur springs of, i. 251,
Niebuhr, his account of a hot spring at Suez, i. 246, note.
Naddoc, a Norwegian, discovers Iceland, i. x.
Odes and letters o f the literati of Iceland, i i , p. 274.
Orion, a vessel belonging to count Trampe, seizure of,
i. 54, i i . 24. . .
Orkney Islands, i. 5.
Oxeraa, i. 105,106, note—criminals punished at, i. 210.
note.
Papar, the, supposed to he the first inhabitants of Iceland,
I . X V .
Papaver nudicaule, i. 323;
Pennant, Mr., i. 229, note.
Pentland-frith, passage o f the, i. 4.
Phelps, Mr., i. 1, 242—his motives for engaging in
mercantile speculations with Iceland, i i . 10—furnishes
a second vessel and embarks for that country,
i i . 21— his letters to Captain Jones upon the
subject o f the revolution, n . 90.
Phoca vitulina, its use, i. 343.
Pinus sylvestris, i. 306.
Plants found in the neighborhood of Reikevig, i. 23—
near the hot-springs, i. 49, 50, 153, 161, 162—
among Hraun, i. 83, 85—at Almannegiaa, i. 112,
116, 209—incrusted with the depositions from the
Geysers, i. 151—used in dying, i. 214, 215, 216—
o f Iceland, i i . 311.
Potatoes, i. 89.
Povelsen and Olafsen, i. 37, 44, 49, 103, 118, 150, 200,
note, 214, note, 234, 300, note—their account of
birds found in the hot-springs, I. 180, note.
Printing, introduction of, i. lxxviii.
Proclamations, relating to Iceland, n . 67*
Ptarmigans, i. 235.
Ravens, numerous and destructive in Iceland, i. 337-
Reikevig, approach to, and view of, from the bay, i. 15,
17—-country in the vicinity of, i. 22, 34—plants
found near, i. 23, 47, 5 8—description of the town
of, i. 25—Cathedral of, I. 28—the town of, put in
a state of defence, n- 40.
Reindeer, I. 107-
Religion, early state of, in Iceland, i. xlv—present state
of, i. lxiii.
Reykholt, visit to, i. 3 0 5—remarkable bath at, i. 311.
Reykiadals-aa, i. 308.
Reykum, hot-spring of, i. 138, 184—plants found near,
I. 186.
Revolution, in Iceland, n . 3.
Rivularia, a new species of, I. 86, 100.
Runic characters, i. lxix.
Sacrifices, human, in Iceland, during the time of
Paganism, I. lvii.
Salmon, means of taking, I. 87, 88—great capture of,
I. 226,
Sands, flying or drifted, II. 187.
Savigniac, Mr., I I . 12.
Sauer, Mr., Iris description of the hot-springs in Kamchatka,
I. 246, note.