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Page xvii
... called . With regard to my fellow - travellers , I have so altered their names and the incidents related of them , as to prevent the possibility of their identification . Finally , my thanks are due to my friend , Mr. G. G. Fowler , for ...
... called . With regard to my fellow - travellers , I have so altered their names and the incidents related of them , as to prevent the possibility of their identification . Finally , my thanks are due to my friend , Mr. G. G. Fowler , for ...
Page xix
... called Vatna , or Klofa jökull , covering an area of 3,500 square miles of unexplored snow recesses . North of this tri- angular mountain system is a triangular elevated plain , with the 66 ' heithi features . Mountains . Volcanoes ...
... called Vatna , or Klofa jökull , covering an area of 3,500 square miles of unexplored snow recesses . North of this tri- angular mountain system is a triangular elevated plain , with the 66 ' heithi features . Mountains . Volcanoes ...
Page xxii
... called Kötlugjá . 4 1583. Tenth eruption in the sea off Reykjanes ; and the sixteenth of Hekla . 1587. Bursting of ground near Thingvalla lake ; clouds of smoke and streams of lava gushed forth . 1597. Seventeenth eruption of Hekla ...
... called Kötlugjá . 4 1583. Tenth eruption in the sea off Reykjanes ; and the sixteenth of Hekla . 1587. Bursting of ground near Thingvalla lake ; clouds of smoke and streams of lava gushed forth . 1597. Seventeenth eruption of Hekla ...
Page xxxi
... called hjásólar , are frequently seen , sometimes to the number of nine at once . Meteors , termed vígahnöttur , and shooting - stars , stjörnurhap , are often observed . Olafsen and Povelsen give a singular account of a circumstance ...
... called hjásólar , are frequently seen , sometimes to the number of nine at once . Meteors , termed vígahnöttur , and shooting - stars , stjörnurhap , are often observed . Olafsen and Povelsen give a singular account of a circumstance ...
Page xxxviii
... called it Snjá - land . Four years later , a Swede , hight Garthr , circumnavigated the island , and gave it the appel- lation of Garthar - holm . Flokki , another adventurer , was the third on the track ; he explored the south and west ...
... called it Snjá - land . Four years later , a Swede , hight Garthr , circumnavigated the island , and gave it the appel- lation of Garthar - holm . Flokki , another adventurer , was the third on the track ; he explored the south and west ...
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Akureyri Alleluiah Althing answered asked basalt beautiful bird bishop Bjarg blue boat boiling bonder Briggs brother brought called church clouds cold colour crag Danish door Drangey Edmund Evans Egill eruption exclaimed eyes farm farmer father feet fish fjord flung Gellir Geysir Glámr grass Greenland Grettir grey Grímr hands head heap heithi Hekla hill Hólar horses Hrolleifr Icel Iceland Illugi Ingimund island Jökull Jón Katla Kolr Krafla lake land lava looked merchant miles morning mountain Myvatn natives never night Oddr Ofeigr Periphrasis pony priest quoth reached Reykjanes Reykjavík ride river rock rode rolled round saddle Saga sand Savigniac side snow spot spring stone stood story stream Strokr summer Svínavatn swans Thorbjorn Thorfin Thorgils Thorhall Thorir Thorstein trachyte Trölladyngja tún turf vale Vatnsdalr vessel visited whilst whimbrel wild wind winter