INDEX 
AaHVER , a remarkable hot-spring, 253. 
Agreement between Captain Jones and the Icelanders , 387. 
Akra-fiel , origin of the name of, 237. 
Akaroe , visit to the island of, 34. 
Almannegiaa , a remarkable chasm, 84. 95. 170. 
Andromeda hypnoides, singular beauty of the flowers of, 70. 
Angelica Archangelica , used for food, 156. 
Anthoceros punctatus, flourishing by the margins of the hot- 
springs, 207. 
Antiquity , remains of, 1. 
Apn-vatn , 103. 
Assessor Einersen , account of the seizure of, 73. 
Aurora borealis , fine appearance of, 284. 
Banks , Sir Joseph , his exertions in favor of the Icelanders, 
51. 310. 351. 
Basaltic columns , 30. 77. 217. 
Bear polar , driven with the ice-islands from Greenland, 44. 
Bessestedr , school of, 286. 
Bog-wood , 77. 
Borgafiord, journey into, 205, 264. 
Botany of Iceland , slight sketch of, 267. 
Boula , belief of the natives respecting, 244, 
