INTRODUCTION.
D IR E C T IO N S FO R P L A C IN G TH E P LA T E S ,
1. A Lapland Family , . .
2. A Laplander’s Hut
3. View o f Tronyem from Lille Gaarden .
4. The Cathedral o f Tronyem .
5. View o f Reikiavik from the Anchorage
6. Part of the Cavalcade, with Hecla in the distance
7. Fall in the Bruer-aa, or Bridge River .
8. Coast of Stappcn, with Snaefell in the back ground
9. Basaltic Cave of Stappen , .
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When at Tronyem last year, I felt a strong desire of
visiting Iceland, not however at that time, but on some
future occasion. I wished for an opportunity of comparing
the character and condition of the natives of that
island with their kindred and ancient stock—the Norwegians
; and I wished also to contemplate the extraordinary
physical phenomena resulting from subterranean
fire which have been, and still are, in operation, on the
surface of this large island, from a period of time to which
neither the memory nor the records of man extend. But I
found that the chances of a conveyance from hence were
indeed very small, as little or no communication was
held direct between the two countries, since the separa- •
tion of Norway from the Crown of Denmark. Unwilling,
however, to abandon the design, I inquired in the
spring of the following year whether any trade was
carried on with Iceland from London, Liverpool, or the
northern ports \ but was informed that, though a casual
ship might proceed thither from Liverpool or Hull with
salt and a few articles of colonial produce, yet that
nothing like a regular trade existed with that island—
indeed, as I since found, not an English vessel in the
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