2*2 ICELAND. 



taken with his windpipe, and thus no sooner has the 

 guide hurled in the proper dose, than, like a man with 

 quinsy, the Strokr hisses and splutters, gasps and 

 grumbles, till he can no longer contain himself, and 

 up it all comes, boiling water, steam, and earth, in explo- 

 sion after explosion, till the whole "ingesta" have been 

 got quit of, and his pipe is again clear. 



After many efforts and much excitement, he appears 

 for a moment to calm, but again, apparently after 

 thinking over it, he cannot brook the recollection, and 

 at it he goes, almost as energetically as ever. He is a 

 great performer is this Strokr ; he would, I am sure, 

 make the fortune of any showman who could tame and 

 carry him to the Palace at Sydenham. On the whole, I 

 think that if the water were clear, the eruption of the 

 Strokr is more graceful, as it is nearly as high, as that of 

 the Great Geyser. 



