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JOURNEY TO KREISEVIG. 
eaten our breakfast, poured down with such vio¬ 
lence, and continued so long, that we thought it 
most prudent to accept Mr. Sivertsen’s invitation, 
and remain at Havnfiord the whole night. In¬ 
deed, we were far from considering our time mis¬ 
employed here, since our host was a gentleman 
who had twice visited England, and who, from 
his knowledge of the language of our country 
and his excellent abilities, was both able and 
willing to give us information on various subjects 
relative to his own island. 
Thursday, At an early hour this morning the 
July2/ ’ rain had not in the least abated, nei¬ 
ther was there any prospect of its soon doing so, 
and we therefore determined to disregard it and 
proceed to Kreisevig immediately; in pursuance 
of which, having procured a guide and being fur¬ 
nished with provisions, at six o’clock we set off, 
in company with Mr. Sivertsen’s son, a young man 
who could converse with us a little in English, 
and who kindly offered to attend us. We rode 
round the head of the bay of Havnfiord, and 
continued our route over a very uninteresting and 
desert country for about six or eight miles, when 
we came to a part of the great bed of lava which 
bears the name of Hvassa-kraun, where, on ac¬ 
count of the unevenness of the surface* we were 
compelled to travel a slow foot-pace, and, indeed, 
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