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Page ix
... Wild Huntsman - Origin of the Myth - Myvatn . 184 - CHAPTER XII . A REGION OF FIRE . Myvatn - Lava Streams - Reykjahlith - Sand Columns - A Plain of Boil- ing Mud - Chaldrons - Krafla - Obsidian Mountain - A Ride over a Desert - Eylifr ...
... Wild Huntsman - Origin of the Myth - Myvatn . 184 - CHAPTER XII . A REGION OF FIRE . Myvatn - Lava Streams - Reykjahlith - Sand Columns - A Plain of Boil- ing Mud - Chaldrons - Krafla - Obsidian Mountain - A Ride over a Desert - Eylifr ...
Page xiii
... customs of Icelanders in the tenth and eleventh centuries . My illustrations faithfully represent the character of the country , though they necessarily fail in render- ing the wild beauty of colouring . I invariably sub- Bjarg.
... customs of Icelanders in the tenth and eleventh centuries . My illustrations faithfully represent the character of the country , though they necessarily fail in render- ing the wild beauty of colouring . I invariably sub- Bjarg.
Page xiv
Its Scenes and Sagas Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton. ing the wild beauty of colouring . I invariably sub- initted them to my guide , and found that he at once recognized the spots , so that I am satisfied with their fidelity . Some ...
Its Scenes and Sagas Sabine Baring-Gould, Alfred Newton. ing the wild beauty of colouring . I invariably sub- initted them to my guide , and found that he at once recognized the spots , so that I am satisfied with their fidelity . Some ...
Page xv
... wild superstitions on several occa- sions , will startle no reader of the smallest judgment . All ages , our own not excepted , have their super- stitions ; and to suppose that a story told in the eleventh century , when phantoms , and ...
... wild superstitions on several occa- sions , will startle no reader of the smallest judgment . All ages , our own not excepted , have their super- stitions ; and to suppose that a story told in the eleventh century , when phantoms , and ...
Page xxvii
... wild duck , is forty - five miles wide ; and Húnaflói , into which the Arctic sea rolls without a break , is forty - six miles long and twenty - seven wide . Other bights are the Axar , Skjálfanda , and Thistil fjords . A peculiar ...
... wild duck , is forty - five miles wide ; and Húnaflói , into which the Arctic sea rolls without a break , is forty - six miles long and twenty - seven wide . Other bights are the Axar , Skjálfanda , and Thistil fjords . A peculiar ...
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