CONTENTS. 
LETTER I. 
PAGE 
Protesilaus stumbles on the Threshold. 1 
LETTER II. 
The Icelander— a modern Sir Patrick Spens. 3 
LETTER III. 
Loch Goil—the Saga of Clan Campbell. 6 
LETTER IY. 
Through the Sounds—Stornaway—the setting up of the 
Figure-head—Fitz’s Foray—“ Oh weel may the Boatie 
row, that wins the Bairns’s Bread”—Sir Patrick Spens 
joins—up Anchor. 13 
LETTER Y. 
The North Atlantic—Spanish Waves—our Cabin in a Gale 
—Sea-sickness from a scientific Point of View—Wilson 
—a Passenger commits Suicide—first Sight of Iceland— 
Floki of the Ravens — the Norse Mayflower — Fax a 
Fiord—we land at Thule. 
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