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remarkably fine Family — Copper-mine o f S to rva rtz —
Nature o f the Operations— W a g e s o f the Miners—E n g lish
Association for working Mines in Norway— Return—
Salmon F ish in g— Horrible state of the Road—Arrival in
Tronyem . . • . » . 2 2
C H A P T E R I I I ,
V o y a g e e r o m T h o n y e m t o I c e e a n d , — Family at Lille
Gaarden— E n g lish at Tronyem— A n unfortunate Pole—
F alls o f Lierfossen — Salmon Fishery — Cathedral o f
Tronyem, Sketch of—Departure from Tronyem by a
Southern Fiord—Town and Harbour o f Christiansund—
Poi)ulation— Grib Islan ds— Departure— F o g g y Weather—
Dangerous Errors in Arrowsmith’s Chart o f Iceland— T h e
Danish Survey correct—Coast o f Iceland seen—I n g o lf s
and Flokoe’s Expeditions— Superstitions regarding the
Raven not confined to the Icelanders—Compelled to stand
off the Coast— Dense F o g—P a ss Cape Reikanees— Sunken
Volcanic Island— Despair of finding Reikiavik— Strike on
a Volcanic Rock—Difficulty o f g e tting a P ilo t in Faxe-
bugten, or B a y— Anchor opposite the Town of Reikiavik . 68
C H A P T E R IV .
R e i k i a v i k a n d i t s V i c i n i t y .— Appearance o f the Town
from the Ancho ra g e— Submarine Volcanoes— Beach o f
Lava— Derivation o f the N ame of Reikiavik— Description
o f the Town—of the Inhabitants—their H ouses and Gard
e n s— Feebleness o f V e g e ta tio n— The Cathedral and
Public Library—V isit the Constituted Authorities— Agreeable
surprise on finding the Governor an old travelling
Acquaintance—V isit the Bishop—his great civility, and
offer to be in any way useful— Fishermen’s H u ts—Want
o f Society in the Winter Months—Traffic by Barter with
the Interior—Visit to the Salmon Fishery o f Lax Elbe—
to the Hot Springs— Nature of the Country in the Vic inity
o f Reikiavik . . . . . . 9 7
CONTENTS.
C H A P T E R V.
PAOK
J o u r n e y t o t h e G e y s e r s . — Preparations — Pack-horses-
Saddle-horses—Guides— Desolate aspect o f the Country
— Tameness of Birds— Lava— Chasm o f Almannagaaia—
Waterfall down the Chasm—River Oxer-aa— Church and
Parsonage o f Thingvalla— Sleep in the Church— Chasm of
Flossagaiaa— Fine Prospect— Silver Ornaments made by the
Peasantry— Ardent Spirits, quantity consumed—Effects of,
on a Clergyman—Thicket of dwarf Birch-trees— Supposed
change o f Climate— Trees found in P ea t-bo g s— S u r tu r -
brand, where found—Vegetation in h ig h Latitudes in
N o rw a y— Thingvalla-vatn, or Lake— Swans, melodious
singing of—third Chasm o f Hrafnagaiaa, or o f the Ravens
— Volcanic Cones and Craters— Whole Fields of Lava—
Laugerfell H ills— Church and Parsonage of E fsla d a lu r—
H a ym ak in g — Appearance of H e c la—Peasantry— River
B ru e r-a a— First sigh t of the Geysers . . . 1 3 0
C H A P T E R V I .
T h e G e y s e r s .— Th e P lain of B oiling Fountains—Plan o f
the Ground— Description o f the G reat Geyser— Its Mound,
B a sin , and Tube— Deposit o f the Water — Delicate Incrustations—
Temperature of the Water — The Roaring
Geyser—T h e S lrockr— The L ilile S trockr—Explosion of
the Great Geyser— Difficulty of making a correct representation
of; Comparison of the Jets o f ; Maximum height o f
— Proximate cause o f these Fountains— Inquiry after
Lord Stuart de Rothsay’s Horse, supposed to have fallen
into the Geyser— Mr. Faraday’s Analysis o f the Geyser
Water — Return towards Reikiavik — Sleep in Middalr
Church — Apparent poverty o f the Priest—Arrival at
Reikiavik . . . . . . 1 7 3
C H A P T E R V II.
H a v n e f i o r d a n d B e s s e s t a d .— Cathedral Service at Reikiavik
— Supper at Mr. Knudtzon’s—Journey to Havnefiord—