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Page 109
... I have not in my power to relate in my own journal. Our Icelandic travellers, on
their excursion to Hecla, stopped at the village of Selsund situated in the vicinity
of the moun • tain, where the proprietor of the farm urged them to VOLCANOES.
... I have not in my power to relate in my own journal. Our Icelandic travellers, on
their excursion to Hecla, stopped at the village of Selsund situated in the vicinity
of the moun • tain, where the proprietor of the farm urged them to VOLCANOES.
Page 110
tain, where the proprietor of the farm urged them to accept him for their guide, he
being acquainted with the country all around the volcano, though he had never
actually reached even its foot. The whole of the inhabitants who reside in the ...
tain, where the proprietor of the farm urged them to accept him for their guide, he
being acquainted with the country all around the volcano, though he had never
actually reached even its foot. The whole of the inhabitants who reside in the ...
Page 127
This bank could not at first be seen from the farm-houses that were pleasantly
situated at the foot of a lofty and closely-connected range of mountains, stretching
for the most part from east to west, nor could the inhabitants distinguish it till it
was ...
This bank could not at first be seen from the farm-houses that were pleasantly
situated at the foot of a lofty and closely-connected range of mountains, stretching
for the most part from east to west, nor could the inhabitants distinguish it till it
was ...
Page 132
The current of lava had in a single day, before the evening of the 12th, proceeded
as far as the farm Aa, in Sida, where it overflowed houses, enclosures, pasture-
lands, and carried every thing away before it. It had also in another direction ...
The current of lava had in a single day, before the evening of the 12th, proceeded
as far as the farm Aa, in Sida, where it overflowed houses, enclosures, pasture-
lands, and carried every thing away before it. It had also in another direction ...
Page 133
The burning lava was seen at that time to overflow the farm Nes, in Skaptartunga,
together with the whole of the adjacent country, and, among other places, several
that were well wooded between this farm and Skalarstapi, in Sida. Another ...
The burning lava was seen at that time to overflow the farm Nes, in Skaptartunga,
together with the whole of the adjacent country, and, among other places, several
that were well wooded between this farm and Skalarstapi, in Sida. Another ...
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| Title | Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809, Volume 2 Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809, Sir William Jackson Hooker |
| Author | Sir William Jackson Hooker |
| Edition | 2 |
| Published | 1813 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 May 2008 |
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