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“ but this is the greatest and most considerable 
“ in all its dimensions. This channel was filled 
“ to the brink, and from thence the lava spread 
“ itself over the village Skaptardal, consumed the 
“ houses and every thing in its way, *and de- 
u stroyed the woods and meadow-lands: this 
“ place is situated on the east of the river, upon 
“ a rising ground. The stream then went tor- 
ee ward to the south, by a village which is at the 
“ south end of the narrowest part of the channel, 
“ and stretched itself between two hills to the 
“ east. The whole of this village, with all its 
“ meadow and wood-lands, was also totally de- 
“ stroyed. Upon the 12th of June, [the lava, 
u having run through the narrow part of the 
fC channel and obtained an outlet, stretched itself 
“ out in breadth towards the south-west, as far 
“ as the east side of the hills in the province 
“ Skaptartunga; and also to the west side of 
“ Sidu, and the south-west of Medelland to- 
“ wards the east. Just as the lava began to 
u overflow this flat country, and had got out of 
“ the channel of the river, the perpendicular 
ec height of its edge was seventy fathoms. Pro- 
“ ceeding now southwards, the lava destroyed the 
“ church and town of Skat and all the neighbor- 
“ ing grounds: in this place % prodigious noise 
(i was heard when the lava overspread the low 
" lands, and noises like thunder have continued 
