INDEX

Abrasions of Ice-drift, 72, 76, 86

Academy, 61

Ailsa, 44

Akur Eyri, 57

Almannagjá, 77-82, 88-89

Alsey, 44

Althing, 86-90, 141

America discovered by Northmen, 306

Amphitheatre, head of Seydisfiord, 201

Amptmen, 154

Anchorage at Reykjavik, 48

Anglen, 294

Angles, 303

Apavatn, 103

Appearance of Great Geyser, 126

Approach to Faröe, 13

Approach to the Geysers, 106-107

Arch of rock under water, 111

Arctic discovery in A.D. 1266, 307

Armannsfell, 140

Arrival of Steamer, 50

Ascent of Hrafnagjá, 92

Ashes carried to Bergen, 169, to Faröe, 176, 191

Auks, 15

Balls of fire, 164

Bannockburn, Burn’s, in Icelandic, 65

Basin of Great Geyser, 108

Bay at Reykjavik, 160

Beck, Rev. S. D. 84

Beds, 72

Bells of water, 113

Berufiord, 199, 201

Biarni Sveinsson and his sister Salvör, 226

Bible associations, 127-128

Birches, 91, 100, 106

Birds very tame, 100

Bjarnarey, 43

Blae-berries, 106

Blesi, 111, 136, Blue tint of, 112

Boats’ crews, fishing, 99

Boxes for baggage, 70

Breida Fiord, 47, 199

Breidamerkr Jökul, 197

Bressay, 8

Bridge at Bruará Waterfall, 103-105

Brimnæs Fjall, 208

Britain’s, honour and duty, 308

British race, Origin of, 293

Brown, Capt. John, of Harper’s Ferry, 299

Bruará, 103, Fording of, 103-105, 135

Bruce’s address at Bannockburn, in Icelandic, 65

Brushwood, 91

Brynjúlfsson, Gísli, 65

Bunsen’s Geyser theory, 124

Buttercups, 108

Butterflies, 105

Canute, 303

Cathedral at Reykjavik, 48, 62-64

Celtic nations, Traits of, 298

Central authority, 297

Central molten fire, 129

Chadbourne’s, Professor, night quarters at Farm, 133

Chalcedony, 204

Changeling, The, 257

Chaos, Iceland in winter like, 75

Chasms, 91

Chimney capped amphitheatre of hills, 205

Christianity introduced, 88, 306

310Christian Names, 182

Church Swimming, 170

Church at Thorshavn, 24

Church rebuilding, 83

Churchyard at Reykjavik, 66, at Thingvalla, 141

Cinder-range, 94-96

Circassian origin of the Northmen, 302

Clearness of northern atmosphere, 47

Clergyman’s daughter married to a Fairy Man, 253

Climate of Iceland, 55-58, 67

Coal, 97

Coast near Reykjavik, 45

Cod-fish Heads, 66

Colonies, Planting, 300, 302

Coloured Clays, 131

Columbus, 42, 307

Column of Fire, 173

Commissariat on Shipboard, 5

Conundrum, Icelandic, 55

Cooking at the Geysers, 115

Coppice, 91

Cormorants, 15

Corrivreckan, 13

Corrugated Lava, 76, 86, 139

Costume of the Faröese, 22, 28, 29; of Icelandic Ladies, 51, 52, 68

Cowper on Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 193

Cragsmen, 14

Crater, Extinct, 93-94

Crimes, 155

Criminals, 88

Curlew, 72, 134

Dark School, The, 219

Danish Monopolists, 41-42

Death of the Old Norse King, 206 Do. in Icelandic, 207

Defile, 79

Derivation of name Faröe, 12

Descent into Almannagjá, 78-81

Diapensia, 74

Dimon, 14

Dirty Habits, 98

Distaff in use, 207

Distance, Ideas of, compounded, 47

Dome of water, 113

Donny, M., of Ghent’s Geyser Experiment, 125

Drainage needed, 142

Drángr, 44

Dream at the Geyser, 116

Dried Fish, 99

Drongs, 179

Druid days, 296

Dwarf Willows, 139

Dyrhólaey, 39

Earthquakes, 164, 169, 172, 173, 175, 176. List of, 196

East, Iceland recalls the, 101, 103, 127-128

East coast, 197

Education, 61-62

Eider-down, 54. Ducks, 48

Einarsdrángr, 44

Eldey, 46, 162

Endurance, Powers of, 298

English Tapestry and Linen in Iceland, 41

Eric, 41, 307

Erlendsey, 44

Eruptions, List of, 195-196

Essian Mountains, 160

Evening at Governor’s, 144

Exports from Faröe, 25

Extinct Geysers, 110

Eyafialla Jökul, 162

Factories, 200, 203. Mr. Henderson’s, 202

Fair, Annual, 99

Fair Isle, 7-8, 214

Fairy Tales, 226

Famine and pestilence, 172, 192

Farms, 72, 96-98, 101. Above Seydisfiord, 205. Fifty destroyed, 173

Faröese, 12-34, 209

Faröese Atmospheric effects, 33. Birds, 15, 34. Boatman, 28. Boatmen in saloon of steamer, 212. Book, 211. Cataracts, 33. Interior, Mediæval aspect of, 26. Knives, 26. Lakes, 33. Tidal currents, 33

Faxa Fiord, 47, 199

311Fellow travellers, 3

Ferns, 88

Feudal system, 297

Fiords, 198-201. Uses of, 200

First sight of Iceland, 38

Fisheries at Westmanna Islands, 40

Fishermen on East coast of Scotland, 6

Fishing boats, Faröese, 28

Fish, Mode of catching, at Lax-elv, 71

Fissures at Althing, containing water, 87

Fitful Head, 8

Fishermen’s houses at Reykjavik, 66

Flames and floods, 168, 171

Flosi, 87

Flowers larger in the North, 73

Fly, The, 224

Foaming fire-stream, 189

Foam-flakes, 9

Folk-lore, 305

Food, 97

Foola, 10

Forest, Dwarf, 91, 100

Formation of Faröe islands, 12-13, 32-33

Fort at Thorshavn, 23

Fox, 210

Free institutions, 296, 300

French policy and interests in Iceland, 58-59

Frodi, Ari, 125

Front street of Reykjavik, 52

Frost, Action of, on rocks, 14

Fuel, 97

Garden-plots at Reykjavik, 67

Geirfuglasker, 44

Geranium, Wild, 73

German race, 293

Germs of British character, 298, 301

Geyser bumpers, 130

Geysers, how formed, 109, 100

Geyser Eruption, 117. Expedition, Arranging for, 50-51

Geyser ground, 123

Geyser water, Analysis of, 109

Gilitrutt, 240

Glaciers, 30, 179

Glades, 74

Glen above Seydisfiord, 205

Globes, Vast red-hot, 174

Glossary, 292

Goblin, The, and the Cowherd, 222

Goblin’s Whistle, The, 225

Government, 154

Governor, 154

Grand eruption of Great Geyser, 117

Grassy plot, 74

Great Geyser, 107

Grimsey, Island of, 57

Gritty slope, 107-108

Grœnavatn, 103

Guide, 50

Guillemots, 15

Guldbringu, Sysla, 99

Gudmundsson, M., 157

Gudrun and Sigurd, 265

Gusts in Faröe, 28

Haco, 306

Harold Harfagra, 304

Hastings, 307

Haukadal, 103, 107 Bird’s eye view of, 125

“Hávamál,” The, or High Song of Odin, 266

Hay-harvest, 84. In túns, 85, 96. 200 Loads of, destroyed, 167.

Head-dress of Icelandic females, 49, 51, 68

Heimaklettur, 43

Heimaey, 40

Hekla, 99, 135, Eruption of in A.D. 1766, 136. Abode of Hela, 138

Heradsthing, 155

Hermanness, 11

Hildur the Fairy Queen, 244

Holum, 137

Hornafiord, 198

Horses sure-footed, 73, 75, 80, 92, 105-106

Hostess’ duties to Guests, 133-134

Hotel at Reykjavik, 64, 149

Hot Springs, 112. At Laugervatn, 96

Houses of Faröese Fishermen, 21

312Houses at Reykjavik, 67

Household Suffrage, 153

Hrafnagjá, 79, 89, 92, 139

Hummocks on pasture land, 85

Hung-milk, 97

Hvitá, 103

Ice-floes from Greenland, 55-58

Icebergs from Spitzbergen, 55-58

Ice-drift, Effects of, 72, 76, 86

Iceland Spar, 144, where found, 204

Iceland left behind, 209

Illusory feeling over flowing water, 105

Indoor occupations, 98

Ingolf, 304

Intercourse between Britain and Iceland in Fifteenth century, 41-42

Inundations of melted ice, 166

Islands Minni, 146

Islendingur newspaper, 157

Islet-patches, 108

Jacks-of-all-trades, 98

Jökuls, 106

Jökulsá, 197. formed, 166

Jonsbook, 155

Jonson, Rector, 157

Jutes, 303

Kaupstadr, 40

Kirkuboe, Church of, 210

Kiss of peace, 102

Kitchen fires, 72

Kittiwakes, 15

Kleifervatn, 158

Krisuvik, 45. Ride to, 158

Kötlugjá, 125, 162. Eruptions of, 163-177

Lambs, Mode of carrying, 101

Landfoged, 155

Lang Jökul, 103

Lang-spiel, 144

Laugervalla, 96, 99, 103

Laugervatn, 96

Language, Scandinavian element in, 294

Launay’s, Capt., vessel, Agile, 150

Latin conversation, 85, 141

Latin Vowel Sounds, 34

Lava-blister, 93

Lava, ejected by Skaptár, Bulk of, 187

Lava-waste, 74, 86

Lava-streams, Fluid, 188. Extent of, 190

Lay of the Vikings, 278. do. in Icelandic, 279

Laxá, 103

Lax-elv, or salmon river, 71

Leather bottle, 101

Leif, 307

Lerwick, 8. Sloop, 211

Library at Reykjavik, 152. at Thorshavn, 23-24

Light-house north of Orkney, 214

Lime juice, 151

Literature, Icelandic love of, 62

Little breakfast, 149

Little Geyser, 107, 111, 114, 123

Löbner, Miss, visit to 211

Lögberg, 86-90

Love of country, 145

Love of truth, 298

Lutheran Service at Thorshavn, 29-31

Maelsek, 46

Magna Charta, 297

Magnetic stones, 137

Mackenzie’s, Sir George, Geyser theory, 124

Markarfliót, 177

Meddomsmen, 155

Meeting on the Althing, 88-89

Milk diet, 97-98

Mits with two thumbs, 53-54

Mortality of children, 98

Mosquitoes, 105

Mud-caldrons, 158

Municipal institutions, 297

Mural precipice, 78

Myrdals Jökul, 162

Naalsöe, 15, 212

Naddodr, 304

National Song, 144

Native Manufactures of Iceland, 53

313Needle Rocks or Drongs, 33

Nesey, 76

Newspapers, 157

Njal’s Saga, 305. Scene of, 177

Nordurfari, 65

Norse Language, 183

Norse Words, 294, Customs, 295

Norfolk commerce with Iceland, 41

Norman outgoing, 307

Northern “Dim,” 116

Northmen, The, 293. Traces of, 294, 303. Invade England, 303. In Russia, 303.

Noss, 9

Occupations of Faröese, 26. Of the Icelanders, 181.

Old Nick made himself as little as he was able, 224

Olfusá, 103

Oræfa Jökul, 185

Organ in Church at Thorshavn, 29

Our Scandinavian Ancestors, 293

Outfit for Iceland, 2, 289

Out-door Occupations, 98

Oxerá, 82, 88-90, 140. Waterfall of, 78

Pack of Lava Blocks, 86

Pálsson’s, Rev. Olaf, Library, 60-61

Parliament, Functions of, 88. Assembled, 152

Parnassia, 94, 108

Pasturage covered with ashes, 169, 172, 191

Perseverance, 298

Personal Liberty, 297

Pet Raven, 209

Petrifactions, Geyser, 108

Piratical Habits, 294, 300, 303

Plain, 94

Plateau, 74

Planters, 299

Plopping Pits, 107

Ploughs, 85

Plover, Golden, 75, 93, 100

Pluck, 301

Poems on Northern Subjects, 278

Poetry, Specimens of old Icelandic, 260

Ponies, 51. Guided by the heel, 106. Left to shift for themselves, 106. Adventure of a, 158

Population of Faröe, 13, 26. Of Iceland, 61

Porpoises, 18

Portland, 179, 182, 184

Portland Huk, 38

Premonitory symptoms of Geyser eruptions, 113

Preserved salmon, 71

Priest’s house, 82, 90

Produce, 203

Ptarmigan, 100

Puffins, 15

Pumice, 137

Puritan Fathers, 299

Rainfall, 55-56

Rake, 85

Rampart, 79

Randröp, Mr., 60

Range of vari-coloured hills, 94-95

Raven, Tame, 204

Ravine, 73

Red-hot stones, 189

Relay ponies, 71, 75

Remembrance of Iceland, The, 147

Representative parliaments, 153, 296, 304

Retrospect of Icelandic travel, 215-216

Reverence, 298

Reydarfiord, 199, 204, 209

Reykjanes, 45, 162

Reykjavik, 48-68, 143. Library of, 63-64

Ride to the Geysers, 69

River disappears, 188

Rock-walls, 78, 79, 82

Rolling of ship, 35

Rollo, 307

Rover, Norse, 300

Runic characters, 306

Run-milk, 97

Sæmund gets the living of Oddi, 221. Stories of, 219

Sagas, 305

314Salmon-preserve of Europe, Iceland the, 59. River, 144

Salutations, 101-102

Sandey, 76

Sand-glasses in church at Thorshavn, 24

Saula-hleith, 141

Scalds, 305

Scandinavian Ancestors, Our, 293

Scoriæ, 74

Scythe, 85

Sea-birds, Graceful motions of, 39 Swarms of, 40, 43

Sea training, 294, 301

Sea-pinks, 76, 108

Sea swallows, 134

Sea-fowls used as food, 16

Sea-gull shot, 16

Seamanship, Shetland, 301

Seething clay, 112

Self-denial, Self-reliance, 298

Seydisfiord, 201

Sheep’s knee bone, 101

Shetland Isles, 8-11

Shoes, Icelandic, 53

Showers, 76

Silex, 132

Silica in solution, 109

Silver Trinkets, 53, 60, 150

Sira, 102

Sivertsen, Mr., 52-53. His late son, 53

Skagi, 48

Skaptár Jökul, 135, 186-187. Eruption of, in A.D. 1783, 187-193

Skialdbreid, 140

Skier, 97-98, 99

Skiffs of the Northmen, 302

Skogar-foss, 178

Skua-gulls, 15. Mode of obtaining fish, 37

Sky darkened with dust and ashes, 166, 170, 171, 174, 189

Slag, 93

Slattaretind, 33

Sleeping Apartment in Farm, 206

Sleeping at Thingvalla, 91

Smith, Dr. R. Angus, 132

Smith, Icelandic use of the word, 183

Snæfell’s Jökul, 47, 161

Snaps, 203

Snorro Sturleson, 305

Snow-birds, 75, 100

Sog, The, 103

“Sólar Ljód,” or “Sun Song,” 262

Solheima Sand formed, 165

Sport, 17-18

Stappen, 161

Start for the Geysers, 70

Statistics, 180-182

Steaming Holes, 107

Steward’s Bell, 5

Stock fish, 203

Stock, Icelanders rear, 96

Stony Moor, 74

Store at Seydisfiord, 204

Streets of Thorshavn, 21

Strokr, 107, 110, 121, 123. Eruption of, provoked by turf, 111, 121

Stromoe, 15. Caves on, 32, 210

Stuffed Birds, 150

Sulphur Banks, 158. Spring, 46

Sumburgh Head, 8

Sumpter Ponies, Mode of loading, 69

Sunset, 6, 44. Due north, 45

Surnames, 182

Surturbrand, 205

Sysselmen, 154

Tabasheer, 109

Temperature of Geysers, 113. Of Faröe, 29. Of Iceland, 55-58

Tent in a gale, 130

Terns, 75

Thea, 149

Thingvalla, 86, 92, 140. Lake of, 76, 92. Vale of, 77-80

Thingore, 137

Thióthólfr Newspaper, 157

Thorláksson, 62

Thorshavn, 18-31

Thorlevsholm, 88

Thorpe, 200

Thrasi’s Treasure, 178

Thorwaldsen’s Font, 63

Thyckvaboe, 169

Thyme, 94, 108

315Time of Henry III, 41

Tints of Mountains, 47, 50. Peaks, Reykjavik, 160

Tintron, Crater of, 93-94

Toilet at the Geyser, 120

Tourists, Information for intending, 2

Trackless wastes, 75

Tracks worn in Turf, 100

Traffic, 203

Trampe, Count Von, 58

Transparency of Atmosphere, 141

Trap Hills in Faröe, 13, 32

Trial by Jury, 300

Trout, 83

Tún, 72, 85, 96

Túngufljot, 103

Turf-fires, 72

Turf-roofs, 19, 21, 40, 49, 82, 90, 96

Two-thumbed mits, 149

Una the Fairy, 235

Unpacking Traps, 83

Vale of Thingvalla, 77-80

Varder or Guiding Marks, 75

Vegetables grown, 67

Velvet Turf, 106

Ventilation on Shipboard, 11

Véron’s, Capt., Vessel, Artemise, 151

Ver-tima, 98

Vestments of the Bishop, 63

Videy, 48

Vikings, 301. Raven, The, 281

Volcanic History, 193. Sand, 93. Wastes, 72

Völuspá 260

War, Thirst for, 298

Waterfalls, 39. Of the Oxerá, 90. Above Seydisfiord, 204

Water-floods, 167, 172

Waterfowl, Lines to, 36

Westmanna Islands, 39-45. In the 13th and 19th century, 42-43

Westmanna Skerries, 43, 44

Westmannshavn, 40

Whales, 179-80. Whale-flesh, 22. Rib-rafters, 72. Steak, 213

Whirlpool at the Monk, 13

Wild-flowers, 74, 88, 100, 134

Wilderness, 75

William the Conqueror, 307

Willows, Dwarf, 91, 100, 106

Witchcraft, 88

Wrinkled rock surfaces, 76, 86, 139

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