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Page ix
... FIRE . Myvatn - Lava Streams - Reykjahlith - Sand Columns - A Plain of Boil- ing Mud - Chaldrons - Krafla - Obsidian Mountain - A Ride over a Desert - Eylifr - A wretched Farm - Dettifoss - A magnificent Fall -Volcanic Cones - Return to ...
... FIRE . Myvatn - Lava Streams - Reykjahlith - Sand Columns - A Plain of Boil- ing Mud - Chaldrons - Krafla - Obsidian Mountain - A Ride over a Desert - Eylifr - A wretched Farm - Dettifoss - A magnificent Fall -Volcanic Cones - Return to ...
Page xxii
... fire , and lava . Sithu jökull , in the south , also erupted . 1748-52 . The Hverfjall was thrown up . 1753. Second eruption of Sithu jökull . 1754. Hekla . Twenty - third eruption . 1755. Eleventh eruption of Katla . 1766. Four - and ...
... fire , and lava . Sithu jökull , in the south , also erupted . 1748-52 . The Hverfjall was thrown up . 1753. Second eruption of Sithu jökull . 1754. Hekla . Twenty - third eruption . 1755. Eleventh eruption of Katla . 1766. Four - and ...
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... fire and molten rock at the same time . From 1724-30 was the period of greatest activity , twelve eruptions having taken place in those six years . The interval of greatest length between outbreaks of subterraneous fire was between the ...
... fire and molten rock at the same time . From 1724-30 was the period of greatest activity , twelve eruptions having taken place in those six years . The interval of greatest length between outbreaks of subterraneous fire was between the ...
Page xxiv
... fire and water have found vent at the gashed crown . The perfectly symmetrical craters are Eldborg , Hverfjall , Vilíngafjall , Borg in Vithidal , and every mountain named Skál . The lava stream from Eireks jökull we distinctly traced ...
... fire and water have found vent at the gashed crown . The perfectly symmetrical craters are Eldborg , Hverfjall , Vilíngafjall , Borg in Vithidal , and every mountain named Skál . The lava stream from Eireks jökull we distinctly traced ...
Page xxxiv
... fires of the kitchen . * Every native reads and writes well ; he occasionally under- stands Latin . The clergy are uniformly well educated , reading Greek and Hebrew , and being sufficiently proficient in Latin to converse in it ...
... fires of the kitchen . * Every native reads and writes well ; he occasionally under- stands Latin . The clergy are uniformly well educated , reading Greek and Hebrew , and being sufficiently proficient in Latin to converse in it ...
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