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Page xxiv
... leaves , with all their delicate fibres , is perfect and very beautiful . The leaves belong to the poplar , willow , and birch . The alternation of basalt and surturbrand deserves peculiar attention from geologists , as the existence of ...
... leaves , with all their delicate fibres , is perfect and very beautiful . The leaves belong to the poplar , willow , and birch . The alternation of basalt and surturbrand deserves peculiar attention from geologists , as the existence of ...
Page xxv
... leaves . Sur- turbrand has also been noticed at Svínadalr , Gnúpurfell , Bar- mahlith , Rauthasand , Stigahlith , Steingrims - fjord , & c . In Skagafjarthar , Eyjafjarthar , and Thingeyjar sysla it occurs ; at Hofsgil in Gothdalr ...
... leaves . Sur- turbrand has also been noticed at Svínadalr , Gnúpurfell , Bar- mahlith , Rauthasand , Stigahlith , Steingrims - fjord , & c . In Skagafjarthar , Eyjafjarthar , and Thingeyjar sysla it occurs ; at Hofsgil in Gothdalr ...
Page xxxi
... leaving Tobolsk on its north , runs nearly parallel with the lines of latitude , reaches Irkutsk , then turns again towards the sea , cuts through the middle of Kamschatka , and reaches the Polar Circle on the north - west of America ...
... leaving Tobolsk on its north , runs nearly parallel with the lines of latitude , reaches Irkutsk , then turns again towards the sea , cuts through the middle of Kamschatka , and reaches the Polar Circle on the north - west of America ...
Page xxxix
... leave no room for doubt that , by Thule , he referred to Iceland . In corroboration of these testimonies we find several names of places in the island , bearing Irish names , such as Patreksfjord , Papey , and Papyli , and Erlendr - ey ...
... leave no room for doubt that , by Thule , he referred to Iceland . In corroboration of these testimonies we find several names of places in the island , bearing Irish names , such as Patreksfjord , Papey , and Papyli , and Erlendr - ey ...
Page xlvi
... leave nothing to be desired , the old historians , or saga writers of Iceland , are inimitable . Of later times , Finn Jónsson , or Fin- nous Johanous , as he delighted to call himself , the accom- plished writer of the ecclesiastical ...
... leave nothing to be desired , the old historians , or saga writers of Iceland , are inimitable . Of later times , Finn Jónsson , or Fin- nous Johanous , as he delighted to call himself , the accom- plished writer of the ecclesiastical ...
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