Scottish geographical magazine . SKJA : THE GREAT VOLCANIC CRATER OF ICELAND. I have the honour to he the first foreigner who has crossed thatdesert and visited that volcano, and the first to give any account of itin Britain,—in two newspaper articles, published in the Glasgow Herald,October 1875. Since then, the subject has been three times treated ofbefore the Eoyal Geographical Society in London: in 1876 by Lord Watts, in 1881 by Mr. W. G. Lock, and in 1882 by Morgan. I trust, therefore, a short account of it and of myrecent journey will be found of sufficient interest
Scottish geographical magazine . SKJA : THE GREAT VOLCANIC CRATER OF ICELAND. I have the honour to he the first foreigner who has crossed thatdesert and visited that volcano, and the first to give any account of itin Britain,—in two newspaper articles, published in the Glasgow Herald,October 1875. Since then, the subject has been three times treated ofbefore the Eoyal Geographical Society in London: in 1876 by Lord Watts, in 1881 by Mr. W. G. Lock, and in 1882 by Morgan. I trust, therefore, a short account of it and of myrecent journey will be found of sufficient interest to members of theScottish Geographical Society. On 4th January 1875, a great earthquake was felt in the north ofIceland; and immediately after, there was seen in the Dyngju-fjoll From a survey byLieut. Caroc. Natural s* cy, ? - ^gJSfljft, \% $£®!!$)L Pumice Crater March 23 IBIS. Mountains steam and smoke by day, and reflection of fire by continued very violently for some dajs, to such an extent that itwas seen at Eeykjavik from the 9th to the 12th of January; but so littlewas known of the interior, up to that date, that it was supposed thatSkaptar Jokull was in eruption. The Skaptar Jokull is a volcano, orrather volcanic range, to which (in Eeykjavik) eruptions have beenattributed whenever smoke was seen in central Iceland, but which hasbeen dormant for a very long time. On ni}- arrival in Reykjavik, in the beginning of June 1875, I heardof the outburst in the north; and, as by that time its exact locality wassufficiently ascertained, I determined to make an attempt to visit the ASKJA : THE GREAT VOLCANIC CRATER OF ICELAND. 615 scene,—before the time when the steamer was to call for us at crossed the country by the longer postal route—the western dales—which took me eight days riding. (I have since then crossed by theshorter route,
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