along the river Landaa, overflowed the farm
Nes, together with the houses, fields, woods,
and meadows belonging to the parsonage Asar,
as well as most of the lands belonging to the
farm Ytri-asar. The priest saved the greater
part of his effects that could be removed,
and afterwards set off1 for the western part of
the Syssel.
From these farms the fire-stream over-ran
the southern district beneath, advancing
towards the west, along the broad channel
of the Kudafliot, one of the largest and
most remarkable rivers in the country. It
stopped, however, a little to the north northwest
of the farm Leidvoll. To the north of *
this place a great bight is observed running
into the lava-tracts, of which, indeed, only
one point has reached the Kudafliot: the
rest having passed the most eastern extremity
of this farm, bending more and more in
that direction to the north of Stadarholt;
thence again, in the same course, immediately
to the north of Hnausar.
In the mean while, one of the eastern
branches before mentioned proceeded over
the Landbrot, along the Skaptaa, which led
to it, and destroyed in the way several
places; stopping at last in the midst of Hraun-
smelar, in Landbrot. The other branch ran
along the Sida mountains, overflowing, on
the »2nd of July, the church and all the
houses of Skal which had previously been
deluged with water, as well as all the lands
and houses belonging to the farm Hollt,
together with the excellent meadows that
lay to the south of it. It dammed up a
small river that ran close by the farm, and
on the 6th of July, buried Hollt itself in
the lava.
Hence the fire proceeded eastward, and
between the 14th and 17th of July continued
its course along the river Skaptaa,
over the river Fiadra, which was quite
choked up by it. Nevertheless, the greatest
quantity of lava flowed over the lofty waterfall
Stapafoss, in the Skaptaa, and at last
filled up the enormous cavity which had for
so many succeeding centuries been hollowed
out by the waters of this great cataract.
Near this place the lava over-ran the farm
Dalbai, in Landbrot, with all the houses, and