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 vi
... observe , that the only things rescued from the flames were , a portion of my journal , containing little more than the occurrences of the first four weeks of my stay on the island , and an Icelandic lady's wedding - dress , which was ...
... observe , that the only things rescued from the flames were , a portion of my journal , containing little more than the occurrences of the first four weeks of my stay on the island , and an Icelandic lady's wedding - dress , which was ...
Page x
... observed the mountains to be covered , named it Snoeland . Not alarmed , however , by this chilling prospect , such was the account of the country which he gave on his return home , that others were induced to go in search of it ; the ...
... observed the mountains to be covered , named it Snoeland . Not alarmed , however , by this chilling prospect , such was the account of the country which he gave on his return home , that others were induced to go in search of it ; the ...
Page xxiv
... observed that , from subsequent sales , the quantity of farms in the possession of the occu- piers has been materially increased , and the regal and ecclesiastical estates proportionably diminished . any No. of Farms . To the King ...
... observed that , from subsequent sales , the quantity of farms in the possession of the occu- piers has been materially increased , and the regal and ecclesiastical estates proportionably diminished . any No. of Farms . To the King ...
Page xxvii
... observe , that 24 per cent . is deducted by government from all salaries paid to officers and others , unless the contrary is permitted by express order . What is called extra deduction in the accounts , seems to be a kind of imposition ...
... observe , that 24 per cent . is deducted by government from all salaries paid to officers and others , unless the contrary is permitted by express order . What is called extra deduction in the accounts , seems to be a kind of imposition ...
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... observed flying about the rigging of our vessel , and , soon after , a female Black - cap , Motacilla atricapilla ; and , when we were still further out at sea , Hirundo domestica and H. Apus were skimming about us , and every now and ...
... observed flying about the rigging of our vessel , and , soon after , a female Black - cap , Motacilla atricapilla ; and , when we were still further out at sea , Hirundo domestica and H. Apus were skimming about us , and every now and ...
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