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... River - MSS . Sagas - Jón's Bills- Runaway Ponies - Rocky Spires - Perverseness of Grímr - A Mountain Sel - A fearful Pass - Snowbridge - A desperate Scramble -Stone Bog - Midnight on the Snow - A crumbling Snowbridge- Arrival at Hólar ...
... River - MSS . Sagas - Jón's Bills- Runaway Ponies - Rocky Spires - Perverseness of Grímr - A Mountain Sel - A fearful Pass - Snowbridge - A desperate Scramble -Stone Bog - Midnight on the Snow - A crumbling Snowbridge- Arrival at Hólar ...
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... Whimbrel and Plover - A Heithi - Icelandic Way of Sleeping- Names - Tunguhver - Boiling Jets in a River - Reykholt - Snorro's Bath - The Church - Snorro Sturlason . 331 CHAPTER XX . όκ . Ascend the Side of Ók X CONTENTS . Hlitharfjall.
... Whimbrel and Plover - A Heithi - Icelandic Way of Sleeping- Names - Tunguhver - Boiling Jets in a River - Reykholt - Snorro's Bath - The Church - Snorro Sturlason . 331 CHAPTER XX . όκ . Ascend the Side of Ók X CONTENTS . Hlitharfjall.
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... , who have choked its bore with stones . Hveravellir , spoken of by Olafsen and Povelsen as the most wondrous sight in Iceland , with its roaring mountain of steam , Lakes . Rivers . is now reduced to a dozen INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... , who have choked its bore with stones . Hveravellir , spoken of by Olafsen and Povelsen as the most wondrous sight in Iceland , with its roaring mountain of steam , Lakes . Rivers . is now reduced to a dozen INTRODUCTION . XXV.
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... rivers are the Thjorsá , Skjálfandafljót , Hvítá , and Jökulsá á brú . A very curious phenomenon is the broad short river which is found in the south of Vatna jökull . In that portion of the island violent torrents , a couple of miles ...
... rivers are the Thjorsá , Skjálfandafljót , Hvítá , and Jökulsá á brú . A very curious phenomenon is the broad short river which is found in the south of Vatna jökull . In that portion of the island violent torrents , a couple of miles ...
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... rivers empty themselves may be Fjords . divided into two classes - the friths proper , and the bights or bays . The former are indentations in the line of coast , extend- ing for a considerable distance into the land between precipitous ...
... rivers empty themselves may be Fjords . divided into two classes - the friths proper , and the bights or bays . The former are indentations in the line of coast , extend- ing for a considerable distance into the land between precipitous ...
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