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Page xx
... rest of the country is a chaos of ice , desert , and volcanoes . The mountains of Iceland are divided into two classes , the fells and the jökulls . The former are , for the most part , free from snow during the hottest portion of the ...
... rest of the country is a chaos of ice , desert , and volcanoes . The mountains of Iceland are divided into two classes , the fells and the jökulls . The former are , for the most part , free from snow during the hottest portion of the ...
Page xxxiii
... rest have been brought over since the colonization of the island . The feathered creation is most fully represented in the country . There are six families , and about 90 species of birds . Of these , fifty - four species are water ...
... rest have been brought over since the colonization of the island . The feathered creation is most fully represented in the country . There are six families , and about 90 species of birds . Of these , fifty - four species are water ...
Page xxxv
... rest of the officials receive their nomina- tion from the governor . The ecclesiastical division of Iceland was formerly into two bishoprics , those of Hólar and Skalholt . At present , there is but one bishop , whose cathedral is at ...
... rest of the officials receive their nomina- tion from the governor . The ecclesiastical division of Iceland was formerly into two bishoprics , those of Hólar and Skalholt . At present , there is but one bishop , whose cathedral is at ...
Page xlii
... rest- less and adventuresome spirit . At an early age he had served as an apprentice on board a British collier ; after which he had entered our navy and served in it till twenty - five years old , when he returned to his native country ...
... rest- less and adventuresome spirit . At an early age he had served as an apprentice on board a British collier ; after which he had entered our navy and served in it till twenty - five years old , when he returned to his native country ...
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... rest put together . Its length is three miles and its breadth hardly two , the distance from the main- land is seven miles , but communication between them is cut off entirely for months , and it is only when a cascade near Holt reaches ...
... rest put together . Its length is three miles and its breadth hardly two , the distance from the main- land is seven miles , but communication between them is cut off entirely for months , and it is only when a cascade near Holt reaches ...
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