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Page 22
... wind had risen to a gale , so that now the waves rolled against the headland with fury , and shivered into drifts of spray , which filled the air with a haze of flying brine , called by the sailors " ' Spoon- drift . " The battle of the ...
... wind had risen to a gale , so that now the waves rolled against the headland with fury , and shivered into drifts of spray , which filled the air with a haze of flying brine , called by the sailors " ' Spoon- drift . " The battle of the ...
Page 24
... wind , appears the 1st of May , and goes away about the middle of June . " The bird was becoming scarce in the Faroe Isles in the end of the last century , according to Landt , who lived there from 1791-98 . The bird cannot fly , but is ...
... wind , appears the 1st of May , and goes away about the middle of June . " The bird was becoming scarce in the Faroe Isles in the end of the last century , according to Landt , who lived there from 1791-98 . The bird cannot fly , but is ...
Page 26
... wind blowing from the south - west in stormy gusts , laden with vapour , which clung to the high grounds and condensed into showers . The captain took me ashore in his yawl , whilst the others were making up their minds how to transport ...
... wind blowing from the south - west in stormy gusts , laden with vapour , which clung to the high grounds and condensed into showers . The captain took me ashore in his yawl , whilst the others were making up their minds how to transport ...
Page 30
... wind- dried stock - fish proves to be . Beside the stream flowing from the lake , and near the bridge , is the bishop's palace , a wooden booth , tarred all over , much like a settler's cabin in a Canadian clearing ; I saw flowers in ...
... wind- dried stock - fish proves to be . Beside the stream flowing from the lake , and near the bridge , is the bishop's palace , a wooden booth , tarred all over , much like a settler's cabin in a Canadian clearing ; I saw flowers in ...
Page 49
... wind had risen , and now rolled the sea before it in tumultuous billows , which , meeting the out - current of the river , after turn of tide , formed eddies which engulphed the boat on her return , and every soul on board perished ...
... wind had risen , and now rolled the sea before it in tumultuous billows , which , meeting the out - current of the river , after turn of tide , formed eddies which engulphed the boat on her return , and every soul on board perished ...
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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