112 GUIDE TO ICELAND. scene shifts. Below the red hornitos of the slope rises the classical Threehorned, not lofty, hut remarkable for its trident top ; Tindfjall (tooth-fell) with its two horns, or pyramids of ice, casting blue shadows upon the untrodden snow ; and the whole mighty mass known as the Eastern Jokull, Eyjafjall (island-fell), so called from the black button of rock which crowns the long white dorsum; Katla (Kotlugja), Merkrjokull, and Go’Salands, all connected by ridges, and apparently neither lofty nor impracticable. I venture (as also does the author) to predict that they will succumb to the first well-organised attack.’ After the descent a halt will be made at Nafrholt or Selsund for milk and colfee; and somewhere about midnight the party will arrive back at their previous night’s quarters. Eighth Day.—Unless pressed for time, a day’s rest will be welcome to the travellers, and doubly so to the ponies. Ninth Day.—Stdruvellir to Eyrarbakki (Beach-bank) —Longish day’s journey. If the guide has not been this road before, a local one will be necessary from Stdruvellir to the pjorsa. This river will be ferried in the vicinity of Kalfliolt (Calf-holt), distant about eighteen miles from Stdruvellir by a route unshown on the maps. Villingaholt parsonage, on the west side of river, will be made a half- way house for the usual refreshment—a cup of coffee and a draught of milk. Erom here the path leads south-west to the coast, and follows the coast-line to Eyrarbakki, the only trading post on the south coast. The factor here, Herra porgrfmsson, is a very obliging, hospitable man, who does all in his power to aid travellers in this part of the island. Steamers do not touch at Eyrarbakki, there being no harbour. Anglers having a few days to spare may profitably employ them by making an excursion from here to one of the farms on the Alftavatn, there being excellent trout fishing, it is said, in the Soy north and south of that lake. (See ante p. 99). Reykjavik can be reached vid Reykir (Smoke) in a longish day’s ride from the farms on the west shore of the Alftavatn. The mountain due north of Eyrarbakki is Ingolfsfjall, and, although of no great size, is full of interest, for upon it Ingolfr, one of the two first settlers, desired to be buried, ‘ that he might behold all his vast possessions from its summit, at the last day ’ ! Tenth Day.—Eyrarbakki to Erisuvik.—About eight hours’ ride. Shortly after setting out the outlet of the Olfusd, a large sheet of water formed by the Hv'itd and five other rivers where they fall into the sea, will have to be ferried at O'seyri farm. The path

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