. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ICELAND. 35 Round the coast the lakes at many points approach the outer fiords, with which they were formerly connected, and we oocasionally meet with basins which seem to belong both to the land and sea. Thus Olafsson and Pulsson speak of a lake north of the Snaefells-J(ikull, on the shores of the 01afs-Fj(h-^r, where both fresh and salt water fish are still takenâamongst the latter the common cod, the black cod, flounder, and skate, all smaller thun those of the high seas, but of excellent Fig. 14.âAlmannagjà .. flavour. There is probably no oth
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ICELAND. 35 Round the coast the lakes at many points approach the outer fiords, with which they were formerly connected, and we oocasionally meet with basins which seem to belong both to the land and sea. Thus Olafsson and Pulsson speak of a lake north of the Snaefells-J(ikull, on the shores of the 01afs-Fj(h-^r, where both fresh and salt water fish are still takenâamongst the latter the common cod, the black cod, flounder, and skate, all smaller thun those of the high seas, but of excellent Fig. 14.âAlmannagjà .. flavour. There is probably no other instance on the globe of salt-water inlets thus changed into fresh-water reservoirs, where so many marine species have become naturalised. The same Icelandic explorers amongst the semi-marine lakes mention the Diupalon, near the extremity of the Snaefells-Jokull headland. This lake is apparently cut ofl* from the sea by a barrier of lavas ; yet there must be some communication, since it ebbs and flows regularly. Nevertheless its waters are sweet, so that the tides must act from beneath in the same way that they do on. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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