Norðurfari; or, Rambles in Iceland

CHAPTER XIII.

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Pleasing Customs—“Son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people”—Roses in Iceland—Fields of Beautiful Heath—Skarth—Crossing the Ferry—A Lofty Cataract—The Westmann Islands—People on Volcanic Rocks, 3,000 feet above the Sea—One Half of the World never knows how the other Half lives—Climbing Crags for Sea-Fowl—Islands Plundered by Pirates, 156-168