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ground^ so as to get my hands on a more solid 
soil; by means of which I dragged myself upon 
terra firma, and relieved the anxiety which those 
who saw the accident were entertaining for my 
safety. An unusual quantity of cloathing about 
my legs prevented my experiencing any other ill 
effects from the heated mass than a sensation 
which was rather uncomfortable than painful, 
and was not of long duration; so that, after being 
well scraped from a substance that attached itself 
like cart-grease, we proceeded on our way. In 
the midst of an extensive swamp we passed a 
lake # , with steep and rocky banks, whose waters 
surprised us not less by their excessive clearness 
than by their deep bluish green tint. The sky 
was clouded, nor was there any thing to be dis¬ 
covered on the shores that could reflect that 
color, for which we could therefore account by no 
other means than by supposing that a bottom of 
greenish bolus had imparted its tint to the waters. 
* It is of this lake that mention is made in the Voyage en 
Islande, where it is observed, torn. v. p. 58, Le lac Groena- 
vatn, pres lasoufriere deKreisevig,est remarquable d’abord 
par la couleur verte de son eau, qui provient probable- 
(< ment de sa profondeur, et ensuite, par les relations que les 
“ riverains font, des creatures singulieres qui doivent s’y 
“ trouver, et qui se montrent quelquefois un instant au- 
dessus de l’eau. Une personne nous assura avoir vu un 
petit monstre de conformation approchant d’un mar- 
“ souin, mais qui disparut presqu’ aussitot qu’il parut.” 
