Across Iceland

CHAPTER XIX

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THE EASTERN FJORDS 207

APPENDIX I.--ON THE PLANTS COLLECTED 217

APPENDIX II.--LIST OF THE PLANTS 226

INDEX OF PLACES 233

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Camp at Hveravellir _Frontispiece_

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In Thorshavn (Faroes) 9

The Waterfall, Seythisfjord 20

Pack-saddle and Boxes 27

Akureyri at Midnight 29

The Spit at Oddeyri 31

The Oxnadalsá cutting through a Hard Dyke 33

Moraine Accumulations and Cloud-effects at Thverá 37

The Wrecked Plane-table 40

The Northrá 41

Saddling up 42

Crossing the Herradsvötn 44

Silfrastathr Church. Asleep at Midnight 47

Crossing a small Snow Slope 52

Hveravellir--the Sinter Terraces 59

A Volcanic Vent of the Fissure Type 69

A Survey Photograph (No. 169) from Gránanes 70

A Survey Photograph (No. 183) looking towards Kerlingarfjöll 73

Ascending a Snow Slope 74

Kerlingarfjöll--Fire and Ice 75

Immense "Erratics" 81

The Pack-train crossing the Hvitá 86

A Fine Gorge in the Side of Bláfell 88

Gullfoss--Front View with "Rainbow" Effect 89

Gullfoss--Side View 89

Gullfoss--the Upper Fall 90

Gullfoss--the Fall into the Ravine 91

Gullfoss--the Ravine below the Falls 92

Below Gullfoss--Castellated Dykes 93

The Sinter Ring of Geysir 100

The Funnel or Crater of Geysir 101

Almanna-gjá--in the Rift near the Waterfall 108

Glaciated Lava Surface near Thingvellir 110

The Business End of Reykjavik by the Governor's House 115

Reykjavik--Interior of the Cathedral 117

Thorlakur and his Wife and Children at his Farm-house 123

The Thyrill Mountains 128

Miss Hastie Trout-fishing 130

Typical Icelandic Farmers 131

A Forest near Barnafoss 133

The Cascades at Barnafoss 139

The Northingafljot cutting across the Lava 143

The Double Depression in the Lava at the Entrance to the Surtshellir Caves 144

In the Surtshellir Caves near the Entrance, showing the water-worn lines 145

Surtshellir--the Icicle Cave 150

A Lava Arch 153

Ropy Lava at Barnafoss 154

Hannes and the Farmer in Consultation 160

Small Vent Cones 161

Hannes and Jón loading up a Pony 169

The Columnar Basalt Island, Sugandisey 173

The Berserkers' Road through the Lava-field 177

A Basalt Mountain Cone due to Erosion 183

A "Glorified" Shadow on the Fog over Veithileysa 190

Lava Pillars near Nes 201

Uxahver Geyser in Eruption 203

Bathstovukver Geyser in Eruption 204

The Procession at Seythisfjord 212

Seythisfjord--on the Outskirts of the Crowd round the Monument 213

Farewell Faroese! 215

LIST OF MAPS

Central Iceland--Plane-table Survey by the Author _to face page_ 61

Author's Route near Statharhraun _page_ 159

Author's Route--Akureyri to Husavik " 197

Map of Iceland to illustrate the Author's Route _at end_