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56 Summer Travelling in Iceland. lakes, which now became of frequent occurrence, and I was surprised to see sheep wandering about at this great dis- tance from any farm, for we were now at least 70 miles from the nearest homestead,- and they could only have arrived at their present position by swimming either the bjorsa or the Tungnaa, both being wide and rapid rivers. The guides did not seem astonished to find them here, and told me that many sheep wandered into the OdaSa-hraun (ill-deed lava), and perished. As we were leisurely threading our way between the numerous swamps and ponds by which we were surrounded, a shout from Evandr caused us to look in the direction of a large swamp, across which a number of swans were marching in a very unconcerned sort of a way; chase was immediately given, and four half-grown cygnets were captured, and one swan, weighing 30 lbs., was shot, which took five charges of duck-shot before it could be killed. Only one bird flew away, all the others ran, making use of their wings to assist them, and in this way got over the ground so fast, that it required a good sharp gallop to catch them. They made for the largest of the ponds and swam about in the middle, but only at such a short distance that we might have shot nearly all of them, which we refrained from doing as we could not cook them with our small portable stove, and so we let all but two, which had been injured, go free. The nasty cold drizzle which had continued throughout the day, towards the latter part of the afternoon gave place to bright sunshine and beautifully clear atmosphere, so that the surrounding glaciers stood prominently out in contrast to the chocolate-coloured sand over which our route lay. Our journey for this day was a short one, and at 5 o’clock we arrived at a place where there was plenty of coarse grass, in a swamp between the hill on which we decided to pitch our tent, and the river. This place is called Eyvindarkofaver, and is celebrated as being the
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Summer travelling in Iceland

Year
1882
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