Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809The Journal includes images of traditional Icelandic dress and natural landmarks. Paying particular attention to political structures and religious institutions, Hooker includes intricate tables of how tax dollars were spent, how hospitals and schools were run and more. As an academic botanist by trade, his journal entries describe the flora of the country; plants collected by Hooker on this trip were lost in a fire on the return voyage. |
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Page 15
... formed under ground , nor , indeed , are any in the island so , as has been generally supposed . About three in the afternoon , we came to an anchor at a short distance from the town , close by the Orion , and , at four , we went on ...
... formed under ground , nor , indeed , are any in the island so , as has been generally supposed . About three in the afternoon , we came to an anchor at a short distance from the town , close by the Orion , and , at four , we went on ...
Page 18
... formed of planks , across a streamlet , led me out of the town ; and , passing two or three peasant's houses , * I pursued my way among the ' rocks , in search of plants . I cannot compare * Close by these houses , and by all in the ...
... formed of planks , across a streamlet , led me out of the town ; and , passing two or three peasant's houses , * I pursued my way among the ' rocks , in search of plants . I cannot compare * Close by these houses , and by all in the ...
Page 19
... forming a great plain , or , at most , only rising in a few hills of a gentle and gradual ascent . Nearer the sea , some of these pieces of rock were covered with a little earth and grass , and in other places the interstices were ...
... forming a great plain , or , at most , only rising in a few hills of a gentle and gradual ascent . Nearer the sea , some of these pieces of rock were covered with a little earth and grass , and in other places the interstices were ...
Page 20
... alpinum were not yet in blossom . Juncus trifidus and biglumis were most abundant : the latter formed a con- siderable part of the herbage , intermixed with our more common grasses , and Festuca vivipara . Late in 20 REIKEVIG .
... alpinum were not yet in blossom . Juncus trifidus and biglumis were most abundant : the latter formed a con- siderable part of the herbage , intermixed with our more common grasses , and Festuca vivipara . Late in 20 REIKEVIG .
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... formed by iron clasps , on the sides of an upright pole , at about four feet from the bottom . From near this instrument of punish- ment , two rows of houses run parallel for some hundred yards , in a south direction , and form a ...
... formed by iron clasps , on the sides of an upright pole , at about four feet from the bottom . From near this instrument of punish- ment , two rows of houses run parallel for some hundred yards , in a south direction , and form a ...
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