CHAPTER XIX
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_