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Page 160
Following the lava-stream still farther towards the north, by sun-set we arrived at
Blaeng, a very lofty mountain and the most northerly one here known. With great
difficulty did we scramble up, and observe that the stream of lava (which had ...
Following the lava-stream still farther towards the north, by sun-set we arrived at
Blaeng, a very lofty mountain and the most northerly one here known. With great
difficulty did we scramble up, and observe that the stream of lava (which had ...
Page 161
The smoke that issued from the lava-stream north of Blaeng had an appearance
equally terrible and indescribable. It intercepted our view from this place, which
was otherwise very convenient for the purpose : yet we could discern a ...
The smoke that issued from the lava-stream north of Blaeng had an appearance
equally terrible and indescribable. It intercepted our view from this place, which
was otherwise very convenient for the purpose : yet we could discern a ...
Page 162
At length, however, we effected this, and I attempted again to pass the lava in
another place east from Blaeng, in hopes that the mouth of the volcano might be
approached on the north side; but here was experienced the same strong and ...
At length, however, we effected this, and I attempted again to pass the lava in
another place east from Blaeng, in hopes that the mouth of the volcano might be
approached on the north side; but here was experienced the same strong and ...
Page 163
XVIII. source of the II is I "think certain, that the eruption. place whence the
eruption had its origin, is that small low mountain, which I have just mentioned as
being situated to the north of Blaeng, and which is, indeed, the most northerly
one we ...
XVIII. source of the II is I "think certain, that the eruption. place whence the
eruption had its origin, is that small low mountain, which I have just mentioned as
being situated to the north of Blaeng, and which is, indeed, the most northerly
one we ...
Page 199
Another species, somewhat different from the two just described, was found near
Blaeng, at a little distance from the lava-stream. A fourth kind of rock also is
thrown out by the volcano, and carried across the Fliotshverfet. This appears to
be a ...
Another species, somewhat different from the two just described, was found near
Blaeng, at a little distance from the lava-stream. A fourth kind of rock also is
thrown out by the volcano, and carried across the Fliotshverfet. This appears to
be a ...
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Page 61 - And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, and the Judges of the Courts of Vice- Admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them may respectively appertain.
Page 59 - King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. " Whereas it has been humbly represented to his Majesty that the islands of Ferroe and Iceland, and also certain settlements on the coast of Greenland, parts of the dominions of Denmark, have, since the commencement of the war between Great Britain and Denmark, been deprived of all intercourse with Denmark, and the inhabitants of those islands and settlements are, in consequence of the want of their accustomed supplies, reduced to extreme misery, being without...
Page 77 - July 11th, 1809. In our proclamation, dated the 26th of June, 1809, it was requested that the nearest districts should within a fortnight, and the more distant within a certain limited time, send in representatives to consult as to what was best to be done in the present exigency. We find, however, that the public officers have far from facilitated such a meeting; and we are therefore under the necessity of no longer resisting the wish of the people, who have earnestly solicited us to manage the...
Page 88 - I have the honour to transmit herewith for the information of the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, copies 1 Admirals
Page 117 - Solander remained with an Icelander in the intermediate valley; the rest of us continued our route to the summit of the peak, which we found intensely cold; but on the highest point was a spot of three yards in breadth, whence there proceeded so much heat and steam that we could not bear to sit down upon it.— H.
Page 100 - ARTICLES. 1. All proclamations, laws, appointments, &c., made by Mr. Jorgen Jorgensen, since his arrival in this country, are to be abolished and totally null and void, from the moment this agreement is signed. 2. The former government is to be perfectly restored, and the chief command to devolve upon the said chief justice of Iceland, and the said bailiff...
Page 60 - ... settlements, on board the ships belonging to such inhabitants, engaged in a direct trade between such islands and settlements respectively and the ports of London or Leith, shall not be liable to seizure and confiscation as prize.
Page 61 - Majesty's royal peace, and entitled to the protection of the laws of the realm, and in no case treated as alien enemies. " His Majesty is further pleased to order, with the advice aforesaid, that the ships of the united kingdom, navigated according to law, be permitted to repair to the said islands and settlements, and to trade with the inhabitants thereof. "And His Majesty is further pleased to order, with the advice aforesaid, that all His Majesty's cruisers and all other his subjects be inhibited...
Page 60 - Feroe and Iceland and the settlements on the coast of Greenland, and the inhabitants thereof, and the property therein, shall be exempted from the attack and hostility of his Majesty's forces and subjects, and that the ships belonging to inhabitants of such islands and settlements, and all goods, being of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the said islands and settlements, on board the ships belonging to such inhabitants, engaged in a direct trade...
Page 60 - Provided also, that it shall and may be lawful during the same period for British vessels to import from the said Islands into the United States, and to export from the United States to the said Islands, all Articles whatever being of the Growth, Produce or Manufacture of the said Islands, or of the United States respectively, which now may, by the Laws of the said States, be so imported and exported.
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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 |
| Publisher | Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 31 May 2007 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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