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Page 52
... passed , with their strange , musical scream ; and , now and then , the whinny of a horse reached the ears of those who had laid themselves down to die . Suddenly Egill spoke : " Daughter ! I hear you munching something . " " So I am ...
... passed , with their strange , musical scream ; and , now and then , the whinny of a horse reached the ears of those who had laid themselves down to die . Suddenly Egill spoke : " Daughter ! I hear you munching something . " " So I am ...
Page 59
... Passing through the door , one enters a long dark passage , too low for a person to stand upright in it , leading to a ladder which. Looking at the front of the house , one observes five or VIEW IN NIKOLASA GJA . A FARMHOUSE . 59.
... Passing through the door , one enters a long dark passage , too low for a person to stand upright in it , leading to a ladder which. Looking at the front of the house , one observes five or VIEW IN NIKOLASA GJA . A FARMHOUSE . 59.
Page 63
... passing this same tract of moor from a different direction , saw similar polishings , and at once put them down to glacial action , and the furrows caused by the little rills to the striæ of glacial grooving . I believe him to be ...
... passing this same tract of moor from a different direction , saw similar polishings , and at once put them down to glacial action , and the furrows caused by the little rills to the striæ of glacial grooving . I believe him to be ...
Page 91
... passing the muddy soil , in which our horses often sank up to the chest . In some parts this soil is very dangerous to travellers , many of whom have been engulphed and perished in it . " Our object was so far attained , that we were ...
... passing the muddy soil , in which our horses often sank up to the chest . In some parts this soil is very dangerous to travellers , many of whom have been engulphed and perished in it . " Our object was so far attained , that we were ...
Page 112
... passed several lakes , and noticed that in some places , snow patches , instead of discharging their thawed water by a stream into the tarns , decanted them down circular funnel - shaped openings in the mould . The beautiful angelica ...
... passed several lakes , and noticed that in some places , snow patches , instead of discharging their thawed water by a stream into the tarns , decanted them down circular funnel - shaped openings in the mould . The beautiful angelica ...
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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