INDEX. 



161 



HMfks on the inhabitants, pre- 

 vailing diseases, their houses, 

 inclosures, &c. 12— their man- 

 ner of living, 23, 15 — their be- 

 verage, labours, and habitual 

 employments of the peasantry, 

 17 — account of their hay har- 

 vest, 18 — regulations respect- 

 ing the labour, 19 — manner of 

 forming and using saddles and 

 pannels, and dislike to travel- 

 ling, 23 — of their horses and 

 mode of conveying goods, 27 

 their horned cattle, ib„ — sheep, 

 28 — goats, 29 — hogs,i6.. — aqua- 

 tic horse, ib. — dogs, 30 — cats, 

 ib. — foxes and depredations 

 comm itted by them, ib. — mice, 

 31 — sea dogs, ib. — falcons, 32 

 ravens, ib. — wild fowl, 34 — fish, 

 35 — insects, 36 — forests, ib. — 

 details relative to the inhabi- 

 tants of this district, 37. 

 Krabla, particulars relative to the 

 burning mountain so called 126 



Labour, manner of regulating it, 

 remarks on the laws for this pur- 

 pose 20 



Lakes, fresh, account of the most 

 remarkable in the northern 

 quarter of Iceland - - 120 



Lansquenit, description of that 

 curious game - - 26 



Lava, description of it around the 

 Krabla - 127 



Leather, peculiar manner of ma- 

 nufacturing it in Icela nd - 7 



Lichen Islandicus, its preparation 

 and medicinal qualities describ- 

 ed 50 



M 



Magic, the prevalence of in Ice- 

 land - - 94, 98 



Marmenill, remarks on the pro- 

 bable or improbable existence 

 of this animal - - 111 



Meteor, a remarkable one de- 

 scribed - - - 129 



Meteor, see Kiosar. 



Mice, singular instinct of - 58 



Milk, its use as a regaling beve- 

 rage 17 



Mistaur, see Kiosar. 



Monster, description of a, of the 

 fish kind - - 125 



Monstriiisksg, Tborolf. interest- 

 ing account of - - 83 



Mor, see Turf. 

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Mountains, remarks on their na- 

 ture in Iceland - 6 



dangers from their frequent 



disruption in Iceland 5, 119 



account of some remark- 

 able ones, their height, &c. 39,42, 56 



Mountain-fowl, singular method 

 of catching - - 124i 



Museus catharticus, see Lichen 

 Islandicus. 



Myvatn, the largest lake in Ice- 

 land - - - 121 



N 



Nikou, strictures on the probable 

 existence of the - - SB 



O 



Observations, general, relative to ' 

 remarkable circumstances - 158 



Olafsen, M. the departure of 

 with M. Povelsen from Co- 

 penhagen, on their travels in 

 Iceland - - $ 



Oxehver, remarkable circum- 

 stance attending this spring - 122 



Ox-spring, see Oxehver. 



Peasantry, their labours and habi- 

 tual occupations described 17 



Pelican, details relative to the 

 methods of hunting them - €9 



Peterell, the importance of that 

 bird to the Icelanders - 119 



Phenomenon, description of a sin- 

 gular - - - 150 



Plants in the western part of Ice- 

 land 91 



Povelsen, M. the departure of 

 with M. Olafsen from Copen- 

 hagen on their travels in Ice- 

 land - 5 



Printing first introduced into Ice- 

 land - 12S 



Pumice stone, singular rampart 

 formed by - 47 



Pyramids, observations relative 

 to some remarkable - 45 



R 



Ravens, account of their depre- 

 dations, 32 — -superstitious opi- 

 nion of the people respecting 

 them - - - 33 



Reformation, time of its com- 

 mencement in Iceland - 155 



Revenge, the spirit of, earned to 

 a great extent by the Iceland- 

 ers - - 155 



Reykiances, the promontory of 



