KISSES—WILSON ON HOESEBACK—A LAVA PLATEAU—THINGVALLA—- 
ALMANN AGIA—EABNAGIA—OUE TENT—THE SHIVEEED PLAIN— 
WITCH-DEOWNING — A PAELIAMENTAEY DEBATE, A. D. 1000 — 
THANGBEAND THE MISSIONARY—A GEEMAN GNAT-CATCHEE—THE 
MYSTICAL MOUNTAINS—SIE OLAE—HECKLA—SKAPTA JOKUL—THE 
PIPE DELUGE OP 1783 —WE EEACH THE GEYSIE—STEOKE— PITZ’s 
BONNE POETUNE—MOEE KISSES—AN EEUPTION—PEINCE NAPO¬ 
LEON— EETUEN—TEADE—POPULATION—A MUTINY—THE EEINE 
1IOETENSE—THE SEVEN DUTCHMEN—A BALL—LOW DEESSES— 
NOETHWAED HO ! 
Reykjavik, July 7, 1857. 
At last I have seen tlie famous Gey sirs, of wliicli 
every one has heard so much; hut I have also seen 
Thing valla, of which no one has heard anything. The 
Geysirs are certainly wonderful marvels of nature, hut 
more wonderful, more marvellous is Thingvalla; and 
if the one repay you for crossing the Spanish Sea, it 
would he worth while to go round the world to reach 
the other. 
Of the boiling fountains I think I can give you 
