PREFACE.


Having traversed several parts of Iceland concerning which nothing has hitherto been known, I have ventured to publish the few following pages, giving an account of my journey across the Vatna Jökull, and my visit to the volcanoes in the North of Iceland.

W. L. W.


ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.


PAGE
No. 1.Mount Paul—Frontispiece.
 
No. 2.The Öskjugjá88
 

 
Map of IcelandTo face page1
 
Map of the Author’s Routes from
Núpstað to Reikjahlíð
45


ERRATA.

Page11,line16,for A.M., read P.M.
26,lines1 and 5, for zoolites, read zeolites.
27,line2,omit comma after Paul.
29,26,for 12 A.M., read midday.
30,14,for laid, read lay.
35,12,after Fahrenheit, omit of frost.
58,18,for laid, read lay.
100,22,for meat, read feet.


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ICELAND