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iC ever since, till the 12th of August. It then 
“ came to the village of Swinadalur, which lies 
“ in a south-west direction from Skal; and having 
“ with a corner destroyed that, it was stretched 
“ out farther to the west, and overran the village 
“ of Hvammar, which stands on a pretty high 
u rising ground on the west side of the river; 
“ but before the fire had reached these two vil- 
“ lages, they were both overflowed with the water 
“ that had been turned out of its course by the 
“ lava damming up the river when it first came 
u into the channel. Proceeding forward, the 
“ lava overflowed the village Nez, and all the 
66 grounds belonging to it: from thence it came 
“ to Villungar, and, turning more southwardly, 
“ came near to the village Leidvolla; a little to 
u the north of which, after having destroyed a 
“ great quantity of grass-land and wood, it en- 
“ tered into the channel of the great river Kuda- 
ce fliot, and kept a south course along the east 
“ side of it till it came down near to the village 
“ of Hraun, where this branch stopped. A little 
u above the place where this arm went into the 
“ channel of the river Kudafliot, a corner of the 
“ lava, stretched itself out to the south-east, and 
" came to a place called Eystribrun, east of Hraun. 
“ From Skal, which we mentioned just now, the 
u lava taking an eastward direction, ran by the 
“ side of a hill called Holtfiall, and destroyed the 
