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“ village Holts, which stood upon a fine level 
“ ground, and was surrounded with very rich 
“ corn and pasture-land. Proceeding eastward, it 
“ came to a village called Heid; and destroying 
tc a quantity of meadow-land and wood belonging 
cc to that village, it went on down the river 
“ Skapta, between the two hills Heilderstapa and 
u Dalbaerstapa, which lie on each side of the 
u river, and destroyed the villages Hunkabakke, 
“ Holmur, and Dalbear ; and proceeded on east- 
“ ward towards the village Nyibear, within a 
“ hundred yards of which it stopped. In this 
“ course there is a very great cataract of the river 
“ Skapta, about fourteen fathoms high, where 
“ the lava falling down, was thrown about, to- 
u gether with the stones which it tore up, to a 
“ very considerable distance. From Dalbear the 
“ stream of lava went southward, over that large 
“ tract of land called Hrauns-melar, quite down 
“ to Efristeins-myri, the edge of it to the east 
passing by Lutandahals, Lutandafit, and Rofa. 
“ In passing over this broad tract of land the 
u fire did considerable. damage, for the whole 
“ was good and rich meadow and pasture-land. 
“ The stream of lava went within thirty fathoms 
“ of Efristeins-myri, on the west; and falling 
“ into the channel of the river Steins-myrifliot, 
“ which is among the larger ones, it filled the 
cc whole valley between Efristeins-myri and Sydri- 
