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... 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 Reykjahlith . 205 ...
... 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 Reykjahlith . 205 ...
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... streams of lava gushed forth . 1597. Seventeenth eruption of Hekla . 1612. Eruption of Eyjafjalla jökull . 1619. Eighteenth eruption of Hekla . 1625. Seventh eruption of Katla . In the same year , the nineteenth of Hekla . 1636. Hekla ...
... streams of lava gushed forth . 1597. Seventeenth eruption of Hekla . 1612. Eruption of Eyjafjalla jökull . 1619. Eighteenth eruption of Hekla . 1625. Seventh eruption of Katla . In the same year , the nineteenth of Hekla . 1636. Hekla ...
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... stream from Eireks jökull we distinctly traced to the mountain roots . It had not flowed from the summit , but from ... streams are near Krafla , Hekla , and at As , in Hvítárdalr . I found coarse obsidian on Ók . As already stated , the ...
... stream from Eireks jökull we distinctly traced to the mountain roots . It had not flowed from the summit , but from ... streams are near Krafla , Hekla , and at As , in Hvítárdalr . I found coarse obsidian on Ók . As already stated , the ...
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... stream is thus completely absorbed , and a considerable tract of land rendered impassable , where the labour of a few weeks would give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an ...
... stream is thus completely absorbed , and a considerable tract of land rendered impassable , where the labour of a few weeks would give it a channel , and transmute marsh into productive meadow land . Many bottoms are filled with an ...
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... Stream . The average temperature of Reykjavík is about the same as that of Moscow , the whole year included . At Reykjavík the average summer heat is 53 ° 6 ' Fahrenheit ; winter , 29 ° 3 ′ ; and that for the whole year is 39 ° 4 ′ . At ...
... Stream . The average temperature of Reykjavík is about the same as that of Moscow , the whole year included . At Reykjavík the average summer heat is 53 ° 6 ' Fahrenheit ; winter , 29 ° 3 ′ ; and that for the whole year is 39 ° 4 ′ . At ...
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