A yacht voyage . ipts, but the 48 LETTERS FROM HIGH LATITUDES. [VI. island has long since been ransacked of its literary treas-ures ; and to the kindness of the French consul I am in-debted for a charming little white fox, the drollest andprettiest little beast I ever saw. Having dined on board the Arteniise we adjournedat eleven oclock to the beach to witness the departure ofthe baggage. The ponies were all drawn up in one longfile, the head of each being tied to the tail of the one im-mediately before him. Additional articles were stowedaway here and there among the boxes. The last instructi
A yacht voyage . ipts, but the 48 LETTERS FROM HIGH LATITUDES. [VI. island has long since been ransacked of its literary treas-ures ; and to the kindness of the French consul I am in-debted for a charming little white fox, the drollest andprettiest little beast I ever saw. Having dined on board the Arteniise we adjournedat eleven oclock to the beach to witness the departure ofthe baggage. The ponies were all drawn up in one longfile, the head of each being tied to the tail of the one im-mediately before him. Additional articles were stowedaway here and there among the boxes. The last instructionswere given by Sigurdr to the guides, and everything wasdeclared ready for a start. The jovial Wilson rides with us to-morrow. Unless weget his head round during the night, he will have to sitfacing his horses tail, in order to see before him. We do not seem to run any danger of falling short ofprovisions, as by all accounts there are birds enough in theinterior of the country to feed an Israelitish LETTER VII. KISSES—WILSON ON HORSEBACK—A LAVA PLATEAU—THING* VALLA — ALMANNAGIA — RABNAGIA — OUR TENT THE SHIVERED PLAIN WITCH-DROWNING A PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE, A. D. IOOO THANGBRAND THE MISSIONARY A GERMAN GNAT-CATCHER THE MYSTICAL MOUNTAINS-SIR OLAF HECKLA SKAPTA JOKUL THE FIRE DELUGE OF 1783 WE REACH THE GEYSIR—STROKR FITZS BONNE FORTUNE MORE KISSES AN ERUPTION PRINCE NAPO-LEON—RETURN—TRADE—POPULATION—A MUTINY—THEREINE HORTENSE—THE SEVEN DUTCHMEN—A BALL—LOWDRESSES—NORTHWARD HO ! Reykjavik, July 7, 1856. At last I have seen the famous Geysirs, of which everyone has heard so much ; but I have also seen Thingvalla,of which no one has heard anything. The Geysirs are cer-tainly wonderful marvels of nature, but more wonderful,more marvellous is Thingvalla; and if the one repay youfor crossing the Spanish Sea, it would be worth while togo round the world to reach the other. Of the boiling fountains I think I can give you a goodidea, but whet
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