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INDEX. 



470 — devastations committed 

 by them } 108. 



G 



©ames, account of the different 

 kinds practised in Iceland - 26 



Gotland, journey to the glacier 

 of, 40 — general opinion of the 

 inhabitants respecting it, 41 — 

 View from the summit,43— strik- 

 ing rampart of stones on its 

 borders, 47. 



©eldingafell, see Schneefi&ldjoekel. 



Geyser, singular phenomenon re- 

 specting this boiling spring, 140, 

 142 — its nature and quality, 

 sources, &c._ 142 — the heat si- 

 milar to that of the other hot 

 springs, 143. 



Glaciers, ravages occasioned by 

 their disruptions in Iceland - 6 



enquiry into the nature of 



the formation of new ones, 39 — 

 hypothesis respecting their ori- 

 gin, 45, 47, 102. 



farther description of, 39, 72, 



103 



Greenland, different opinions re- 

 specting its first population - 117 



Gulls, depredations committed by 

 them - - 6i 



H 



Haguen the Old, remarks on the 

 history of that king - - 25 



Hay, manner of making it in Ice- 

 land, price, quality, &c. de- 

 scribed - - -18 



Hecla, journey to that mountain, 

 136 — its size, ^.—description 

 of its vicinity, 137 — remarks on 

 "volcanic matter ejected, and the 

 snow covering the surface of 

 the mount, 138— arrival at the 

 summit, 138 — eruptions, ib. 



History, the reading of noble pas- 

 time pursued by the Icelanders 25 



Hivalvatn, tradition concerning 

 the lake of, - - 37 



Horse-tail, the pernicious effects 

 of, to cattle - , - H 



Hraun, observations on the na- 

 ture of that mineral - 10 



H'v'erevalle, description of the fa- 

 mous hill so called - - 121 



Hurricanes, their violence near 

 Jteykefiord - - 100 



I 



I§e + the pasagje Qf masses from 



the coast of Greenland de-* 

 scribed, 104 — opinions respect- 

 ing it, 106. 

 Iceland, general remarks on the 

 northern quarter of, 119-earth- 

 quake described, 123 — fertility 

 of that quarter, 124 — volcanoes, 

 126. 



observations on the east- 

 ern quarter of, 129— the princi- 

 pal mountains, ib. 



the southern quarter of, 



described - - 136 



Icelanders, remarks on their na- 

 tural industry, 21— their man- 

 ner of computing time, ib. — 

 their games and amusements, 

 24 — noble pastime pursued by 

 them, 25 — language, 26 — their 

 management of cattle, 54 — in- 

 teresting remarks on them, 83, 

 92 — subject to the influence of 

 superstition in ancient and in 

 modern times, .93 — instances of 

 their superstition, 15 1 -first con- 

 verted to Christianity - 1 52 



remarks on their manner 



of living, their propensity to 

 luxury - . - 13 



Idols, remarks on the form and 

 temple of the, in Reykholzdal 72 



Inns, description of the ancient, 

 particularly in the Sfiee-fuelds 

 fclaes - - - 84 



Inscriptions, ancient, very scarce 

 in Iceland - - 7 \ 



Insects, see Kiosar. 



information relative tothe 



different species of in Iceland Hi 



K 



Katlegiaa, awful eruption of, 129, 

 134 — the glacier described, 13-* 

 — streams changed into great 

 rivers, 135. 



Kiosar, geographical situation of 

 the district of, 5— division of 

 the inhabited part of, 6— air 

 and temperature, heat and cold. 

 7— heat of this climate, weight 

 of the air and meteors, 8 — de- 

 scription of the phenomenon 

 called mistaur, ib. — different 

 kind of soils, 9 — account of the 

 turf found in this district, id. 



general remarks on the 



stones found in this district, 9- 

 —fertility of the soil, 10 — • 

 agricultural laws in, ib. — enu- 

 meration of plants, 11* — re- 



