Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland. vol. 1/2
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1. Front matter2. ULTIMA THULE; OR, A SUMMER IN ICELAND.3. DEDICATION.4. PREFACE.5. SECTION I. OF THULE.6. I. “THULE,” POETICAL AND RHETORICAL.7. II. STRABO, MELA, PLINY, PTOLEMY.8. III. THULE, PART OF GREAT BRITAIN9. IV. align="right" THULE = SCANDIA.10. V. THULE=ICELAND.11. THULE (ETYMOLOGY OF).12. SECTION II. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.13. SECTION III. HISTORICAL NOTES.[111]14. SECTION IV. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF ICELAND.15. SECTION V. ANTHROPOLOGY.16. SECTION VI. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONS.17. SECTION VII. ZOOLOGICAL NOTES (ANIMALS WILD AND TAME)—NOTES ON FLORA—AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE-BREEDING—FISHERIES AND FISHING—INDUSTRY AND EMIGRATION.18. SECTION VIII. TAXATION—COINS, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES—PRICES AND IMPORTS—COMMUNICATION AND COMMERCE—VISIT TO THE STORE.19. SECTION IX. CATALOGUE-RAISONNÉ OF MODERN TRAVELS IN ICELAND—PREPARATIONS FOR TRAVEL.20. CHAPTER I. THE STEAM-SHIP “QUEEN”—THE ORKNEYS AND MAES HOWE—THE SHETLANDS AND THE FÆROE ISLANDS.21. CHAPTER II. THE LANDFALL—FISHING FLEET—TO REYKJAVIK.22. CHAPTER III. REYKJAVIK[359]—THE SUBURBS—THE LODGING-HOUSE—THE CLUB AND THE WAY WE SPEND THE DAY.23. CHAPTER IV. SUNDAY AT REYKJAVIK—DRINKING IN ICELAND.24. CHAPTER V.25. Index to Vol. I