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Page xvii
... never shall " insert “ be . ” 6 , for " that he has " read " that he should have . " 99 99 23 , 28 , 19 " 9 40 , 26 , 99 " 99 63 , 5 , 99 99 67 , 39 17 , " " 9 ,, 107 , 23 , 99 99 112 , " " 191 , 29 99 99 " overlay " read “ overlie ...
... never shall " insert “ be . ” 6 , for " that he has " read " that he should have . " 99 99 23 , 28 , 19 " 9 40 , 26 , 99 " 99 63 , 5 , 99 99 67 , 39 17 , " " 9 ,, 107 , 23 , 99 99 112 , " " 191 , 29 99 99 " overlay " read “ overlie ...
Page xxxii
... never been domesticated , as the country is too uneven and intersected by rivers to render sledging practicable ; and , as they devour the esculent lichen , which is an Icelandic staple of food , the reindeer are looked upon with very ...
... never been domesticated , as the country is too uneven and intersected by rivers to render sledging practicable ; and , as they devour the esculent lichen , which is an Icelandic staple of food , the reindeer are looked upon with very ...
Page xxxiii
... never return . The Fisheries are prosecuted with great activity around the coast , chiefly by the French , who keep a man - of - war constantly in the Faxa - fjord , to protect the interests of their fishermen . natives secure enough of ...
... never return . The Fisheries are prosecuted with great activity around the coast , chiefly by the French , who keep a man - of - war constantly in the Faxa - fjord , to protect the interests of their fishermen . natives secure enough of ...
Page xxxiv
... never suffered from the disease which has ravaged the potato- fields of Europe . The only dressing given to the gardens is the ash from the peat and sheep's - dung fires of the kitchen . * Every native reads and writes well ; he ...
... never suffered from the disease which has ravaged the potato- fields of Europe . The only dressing given to the gardens is the ash from the peat and sheep's - dung fires of the kitchen . * Every native reads and writes well ; he ...
Page xxxvii
... never again to see him alive . On my return to the capital , I was astonished to find him almost completely restored : he had regained his flesh , recovered his colour , and lost his wearing cough . The natives of Iceland are tall and ...
... never again to see him alive . On my return to the capital , I was astonished to find him almost completely restored : he had regained his flesh , recovered his colour , and lost his wearing cough . The natives of Iceland are tall and ...
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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