. Supplement to the arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 1 C E L A N 1). U J, â ; tlceit (;is in the iirij^liboiliood of Swartamtpy wlicrf llic river cuts tlir part ot its coiiifi; the river is very rapid, though tiicrc arc no conrulcrablc t^tarat^h or fails above two feet raeh. 'llirre arc fcvcral other fuch coiifmcd thaniiels as this in other parts ol lulaiid, but this Is the fj/catffl and moll confidcrablc in all its diincn- fioiis. This thaniicl was lillcd to the brink, and from thence the lava (jiread itfcif over the village Skaptardal^ confumcd the houfes and every th
. Supplement to the arctic zoology [microform]. Zoology; Zoologie. 1 C E L A N 1). U J, â ; tlceit (;is in the iirij^liboiliood of Swartamtpy wlicrf llic river cuts tlir part ot its coiiifi; the river is very rapid, though tiicrc arc no conrulcrablc t^tarat^h or fails above two feet raeh. 'llirre arc fcvcral other fuch coiifmcd thaniiels as this in other parts ol lulaiid, but this Is the fj/catffl and moll confidcrablc in all its diincn- fioiis. This thaniicl was lillcd to the brink, and from thence the lava (jiread itfcif over the village Skaptardal^ confumcd the houfes and every thin-^ in its way, and defiroyed the woods ?iid meadow lands: this place is litiia- tcd on the eafl of the rivrr, upon a rifing ground. The ftrcam then went for- wards to the fouth, by the village marked A, which is at the fouth end of the iiarrowclt part of the channel, and Urctchcd itfelf between two hills to the cafl. The whole of this village, with all its meadow and wood lands, was alfo totally ilcnroycd. Upon the 12th of ywn/, the lava having run throu;^h the narrow pan ol tlie channel, and obtained an outlet, it Wretched itfelf out in breadth to- the fouth-wcft, as far as the call: fulc of the hills in the province Skah- tuilNnj^a ; and alio to the welt fulc of Siduy and the fouth-wclt oi Medalland to- wards the ca(K Jull as the lava begun to overflow this flat country, and had got out of the channel of the river, the perpendicular height of its edge was 70 Ciflionis. Proceeding now fotithwards, the lava dcQioycd the church and town ii{ Skdl, and all the neighboring grounds : in this place a prodigious noife was lu'.ird when the lava overfpread the low lands, and noifes like thunder have con- tinued ever fincc, till the 12th of Auguji. It then came to the village of Swina* ildliir, which lies in a fouth-wcd dirct^tion from Sial; and having with a corner (li llroyed that, it was f^rctchcd out farther to the weft, and over-ran the village of Uiuiminar^ which ftands
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