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... till 1729 . 1727. Second eruption of Skeitharár jökull , and the fifth from Oræfa jökull . 1727-28 . Tenth eruption of Katla . 1728. Second eruption in the grass - land at Bjarnaflag , and , in the same year , a slight outburst from ...
... till 1729 . 1727. Second eruption of Skeitharár jökull , and the fifth from Oræfa jökull . 1727-28 . Tenth eruption of Katla . 1728. Second eruption in the grass - land at Bjarnaflag , and , in the same year , a slight outburst from ...
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... till it was nearly filled and dried up by the influx of lava from Krafla in 1724-1730 . Thingvalla - vatn is now the most considerable sheet of water - it is ten miles long and between four and five miles wide . The contorted shape and ...
... till it was nearly filled and dried up by the influx of lava from Krafla in 1724-1730 . Thingvalla - vatn is now the most considerable sheet of water - it is ten miles long and between four and five miles wide . The contorted shape and ...
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... till the expiration of a fortnight . Another account of this phenomenon states that the persons in the company did not perceive the cloud till it came up with them , but simply heard a hissing in the air while it passed : those ...
... till the expiration of a fortnight . Another account of this phenomenon states that the persons in the company did not perceive the cloud till it came up with them , but simply heard a hissing in the air while it passed : those ...
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... till twenty - five years old , when he returned to his native country . He was speedily appointed to the command of a privateer of twenty - eight guns , the Admiral Juul , in which he fell in with two English ships of war , and , after ...
... till twenty - five years old , when he returned to his native country . He was speedily appointed to the command of a privateer of twenty - eight guns , the Admiral Juul , in which he fell in with two English ships of war , and , after ...
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... till death ensues . The history of this cluster of islands is marked by mis- fortune , as may be gathered from the Icelandic annals . Shipwreck succeeds shipwreck ; half the crew of a merchant vessel rise in the night and murder the ...
... till death ensues . The history of this cluster of islands is marked by mis- fortune , as may be gathered from the Icelandic annals . Shipwreck succeeds shipwreck ; half the crew of a merchant vessel rise in the night and murder the ...
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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