JOURNEY TO THE GEYSERS. 95 
their hats, on entering the church. We left our 
friend Egclosen to take his rest at Thingevalle; 
but, preferring to sleep in the tent myself, after 
being abundantly supplied with trout and milk, 
we returned to Almannegiaa. On walking to the 
east of the chasm, I met with a few scarce 
plants: among them were Carex atrata , ex¬ 
tremely fine, Saxifraga rivularis , Vzronica 
fruticulosa , Osmunda lunar ia, Polypodium ar- 
vonicum , and Hypnum Silesianum. I much 
regretted not being able to spend more time 
here; but, as a visit to the Geysers was the prin¬ 
cipal object of my journey, I thought it best to 
accomplish that first, and, if there were leisure, 
to wait here a few days on my return: we there¬ 
fore proposed, should the weather be suitable, 
to continue our route early in the morning. 
Wednesday, The morning proved fine, and we 
July 12 ’ had scarcely breakfasted, when Eg¬ 
closen and Thorlavsen (son to the priest of Thin¬ 
gevalle), called us to proceed on our journey. 
They both kindly offered to accompany me some 
way, that they might point out such objects as 
were most worth our attention. We stopped at 
Thingevalle, to take leave of the priest, and, 
having refreshed ourselves with some rich cream 
which he offered us, we then pursued our course 
in a south-easterly direction, among the innu- 
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