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u steins-myri, going on in an eastward direction: 
“ these two villages are totally destroyed, although 
“ the edge of fire only approached within a hund- 
“ red fathoms of them. The main body of the 
“ lava from this place went in a south-west di- 
“ rection, and came to the village Hnauser; 
“ which, although it was not destroyed by the 
a fire, yet was overflowed by the water of the two 
“ rivers Steins-myrifliot and Fegdaquist being 
“ dammed up. Here the lava stopped on the 
tc south; and its edge goes all the way from 
“ Eystribrun before mentioned, north of Stadar- 
cc holt, to Strandarholt. In this neighborhood 
u the lava destroyed five villages; namely, Hol- 
^ masel, with its church; Botna, Holma, Efri- 
“ fliota, and Sydrifliota; besides a great quantity 
“ of com and meadow-lands, with woods, and 
“ other property belonging to the villages south- 
“ ward. 
c<r The spouts still continuing to send forth im- 
mense quantities of fresh lava, and all the 
“ passage to the south or low lands being shut 
“ up, the lava spread itself to the north and 
“ north-east, over a tract of land eight miles 
long and six broad. All this place is barren 
“ and uninhabited, so that no observations were 
u made how the fiery stream proceeded: all we 
“ know is, that it dried up the rivers Tuna and 
