The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 143A. Constable, 1876 |
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... Mývatn district , in which those mines lay . The route would lead Burton close to the Odada Hraun , the great lava waste which borders on the unexplored Vatna Jokull . After some days ' delay the party started on July 30th , not under ...
... Mývatn district , in which those mines lay . The route would lead Burton close to the Odada Hraun , the great lava waste which borders on the unexplored Vatna Jokull . After some days ' delay the party started on July 30th , not under ...
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... Mývatn , which they reached by way of Grimstadir on the 6th , pulling up at Reykjahlid , the farm of Big Peter of that ilk . 6 6 The district of Mývatn is commonly described by travellers in Iceland as one of the most picturesque and ...
... Mývatn , which they reached by way of Grimstadir on the 6th , pulling up at Reykjahlid , the farm of Big Peter of that ilk . 6 6 The district of Mývatn is commonly described by travellers in Iceland as one of the most picturesque and ...
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... Mývatn when the midges are in good sting , in June for instance , will find them as bad as they were in the days of Viga Skuti , the famous chief from whom Skutustadir takes its name . He , when he laid his hands on an assassin hired to ...
... Mývatn when the midges are in good sting , in June for instance , will find them as bad as they were in the days of Viga Skuti , the famous chief from whom Skutustadir takes its name . He , when he laid his hands on an assassin hired to ...
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... Mývatn . Late at night Captain Burton reached Reykjahlid ; after his ride of eight hours and a half he found himself so chilled that his feet did not recover warmth till 3 A.M. August 9th was a day of idleness for the horses , as he was ...
... Mývatn . Late at night Captain Burton reached Reykjahlid ; after his ride of eight hours and a half he found himself so chilled that his feet did not recover warmth till 3 A.M. August 9th was a day of idleness for the horses , as he was ...
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... Mývatn district by the volcanic eruptions of the two last years . We believe that he found that damage very much exaggerated , as indeed might be judged by the desolate nature of the region in which those eruptions took place . His ...
... Mývatn district by the volcanic eruptions of the two last years . We believe that he found that damage very much exaggerated , as indeed might be judged by the desolate nature of the region in which those eruptions took place . His ...
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