A p p e n d ix . C.
ACCOUNT OF HECLA,
&c> &c.
T h e r e is scarcely a part of this great island
but bears the most striking marks of the
effects of subterraneous fires, though the more
dreadful eruptions of later years have been
confined to its southern and eastern quarters.
Not only in the loftiest mountains, but even
in the plains and vallies, the remains of
extinguished craters arrest the attention of
the traveller, and the tracts of lava which he
frequently meets with are so extensive, that
it not uncommonly happens that an Icelandic
summer’s day, however considerable
its length, does not allow sufficient time to
