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 xxvii
... specimens of their plans that have come under my observa- tion , they are well capable of undertaking this important task . The annual expences of Iceland which are paid by government from various funds esta- blished in Copenhagen will ...
... specimens of their plans that have come under my observa- tion , they are well capable of undertaking this important task . The annual expences of Iceland which are paid by government from various funds esta- blished in Copenhagen will ...
Page 41
... specimens of a Dyticus , which I was not able to catch , but which appeared to be the same as as our D. acuductus . Almost in the hottest part of the water , I gathered Conferva spiralis Dillw .; but it had lost all its color , and had ...
... specimens of a Dyticus , which I was not able to catch , but which appeared to be the same as as our D. acuductus . Almost in the hottest part of the water , I gathered Conferva spiralis Dillw .; but it had lost all its color , and had ...
Page 65
... specimens were six feet long , and one foot wide . Some of the smaller plants had the frond spirally twisted in a very regular manner throughout their whole length ; but , on drying them without pressure , the twisted VNA . DEITAS ...
... specimens were six feet long , and one foot wide . Some of the smaller plants had the frond spirally twisted in a very regular manner throughout their whole length ; but , on drying them without pressure , the twisted VNA . DEITAS ...
Page 99
... specimen of Andro- meda hypnoides , and a few plants of Pyrola mi- nor . Our female guide now took leave of us , after having given us directions for our route , which lay almost entirely among broken lava . Egclosen soon told us that ...
... specimen of Andro- meda hypnoides , and a few plants of Pyrola mi- nor . Our female guide now took leave of us , after having given us directions for our route , which lay almost entirely among broken lava . Egclosen soon told us that ...
Page 124
... specimens of in- crustations . Every blade of grass and every leaf or moss that was washed by these waters , was ... specimen was so protected under the shelter of larger plants incrusted together , that I was able to convey it in safety ...
... specimens of in- crustations . Every blade of grass and every leaf or moss that was washed by these waters , was ... specimen was so protected under the shelter of larger plants incrusted together , that I was able to convey it in safety ...
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