Wonders of Creation: A Descriptive Account of Volcanoes and Their Phenomena
CHAPTER II.
Volcanoes of Iceland--Mount Hecla--Earliest Eruption--Great Eruption in 1845--Skaptàr Yökul--Terrible Eruption in 1783--Rise and Disappearance of Nyoë--Katlugaia--The Geysers--A very hot Bath--Californian Geysers--Iceland-spar--Jan Mayen