ICELAND. IS 



■With a black and pitchy matter. Many parts of Holland, Germany, and other 

 countries in the north, obferved a brimftone vapour in the air, accompanied with 

 a thick fmoak; and there fell in fome places a light grey-colored fubftance upon 

 the earth every night, which, by its yielding a blueifh flame when thrown on the 

 fire, evidently appeared to be fulphureous : upon thofe nights in which this 

 fubftance fell in any quantity, there was obferved to be little or no fall of dew. 

 Thefe appearances continued more or lefs all the months of yuly, Augufl, and 

 September. 



A more particular account of thefe appearances, and the periods when they 

 were obferved, are publifhed in the Berlin Advertifer, No. g6, 1783, and the fol- 

 lowing numbers, in fome of which there is a very accurate account of the two 

 iflands that were thrown up ; but I have not feen them. 



I Ihall conclude with giving you a catalogue of all the known eruptions ia. 

 Iceland. 



I, 



Date ] 



loft. Ildborger hraun. 



2. 



1000. 



Thurrar hraun. 



3- 



1004. 



Heckla, for the firft time 



4« 



1029. 



Ditto, fecond time. 



5- 



1 105. 



Ditto^ 



6. 



1113. 



Ditto. 



7- 



1 151. 



Trolhdynger.y 



8. 1 157. Heckla. 



9, 1 188. Trolledynger. 

 10. 1206. Heckla. 



II. 



1210. 



Keikeneje. 



12. 



i2ig. 



Dittos 



13- 



1222. 



Heckla. 



14. 



1222. 



Relkenefe^ 



15- 



1223. 



Ditto- 



16. 



1225, 



Ditto^ 



17- 



1226. 



Ditto^ 



18. 



1237. 



Ditto. 



19. 



1240. 



Ditto. 



20. 



1245. 



Soelhetm JociuL 



21. 



1262. 



Ditto. 



22. 



1294. 



Heckla. 



n- 



1300. 



DittOa. 



24. J 3,1?'' 



