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Page xxii
... grass - grown plain at Hítaholl , near Myvatn ; followed by a similar outburst in the grass - land of Bjarnaflag . In the same year , an eruption of Leirhnukr ; and also of Skeitharár jökull , west of the Oræfa . That of Leirhnukr ...
... grass - grown plain at Hítaholl , near Myvatn ; followed by a similar outburst in the grass - land of Bjarnaflag . In the same year , an eruption of Leirhnukr ; and also of Skeitharár jökull , west of the Oræfa . That of Leirhnukr ...
Page xxiii
... grass - land under foot . The earth gapes and pours forth a flood of fire or casts up scorise , where meadows had previously existed . Such eruptions took place near Myvatn , in 1725 , and at Thing- vellir , in 1587 . Lava and obsidian ...
... grass - land under foot . The earth gapes and pours forth a flood of fire or casts up scorise , where meadows had previously existed . Such eruptions took place near Myvatn , in 1725 , and at Thing- vellir , in 1587 . Lava and obsidian ...
Page xxviii
... Grass springs on the slight elevations . above the swamps , in the dells , and around the lakes . By drainage , a large percentage of marsh might be reclaimed ; but some must always remain hopeless bog . The extraordinary amount of ...
... Grass springs on the slight elevations . above the swamps , in the dells , and around the lakes . By drainage , a large percentage of marsh might be reclaimed ; but some must always remain hopeless bog . The extraordinary amount of ...
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... grass - grown like the soil around . Behind the headland rose the white dome of Kötlugjá , now calm and hushed , looking down on the devastation it has made ; for these extensive flats were once grassy meadows , but Katla buried them ...
... grass - grown like the soil around . Behind the headland rose the white dome of Kötlugjá , now calm and hushed , looking down on the devastation it has made ; for these extensive flats were once grassy meadows , but Katla buried them ...
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... breaking away in quest of grass , and the inconvenience was so great that the guides proceeded to lead them í taumi ( cognate with Eng . team ) , which consists of tying the head of one horse to the tail 44 MÓSFELL .
... breaking away in quest of grass , and the inconvenience was so great that the guides proceeded to lead them í taumi ( cognate with Eng . team ) , which consists of tying the head of one horse to the tail 44 MÓSFELL .
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