ROUTE III.—A SUMMER S TOUR IN ICELAND. 135 taken for ice-borne boulders. Are any of the so-ealled ice-borne boulders (iloos perches) found in Scotland and other parts of the British Isles, some of which it is asserted hy geologists have been brought from Norway, masses of rock of similar formation in the days of the decline of volcanic activity in the northern part of our own isles ? A few pounds of dynamite, and a little excavation, would soon show whether this is. the case or not. As showing how deeply seated the reservoir of the volcanic force was, the author may mention that he gathered from the slopes of one cone speci- mens of seventeen varieties of rook, presumably fragments of the different strata lying above the channel containing the molten matter, which were brought to the surface by the eruption. The cones vary from 100 to 10 feet in height, and there is a vast number of them. It is said there are three things in Iceland that cannot he counted, and the tourist on this tour has now had an opportunity to see all three : they are the cones of upheaval here, the lakes on the Arnwrvatnshei^i, and the islets of the Brei^ifjor&r. About three centuries since, during a shock of earthquake—some say a volcanic eruption on the spot, but if so it is not recorded— a vast slice of the mountain, east of LLnoisar farm, slid down into the valley and buried a homestead. About one hour’s ride after leaving the Vatnsdalr, a small river will be forded, this is a Laxa which in showery summers, when there is an abundance of water, is a very good one. Last summer, to the author’s knowledge, a party of tourists during their halt at HjaltabalcM caught two salmon. The parsonage is rather less than an hour’s ride from the ford; the pastor speaks English with tolerable fluency. Another hour’s ride further on is the trading post of Blonduds, where there is a primitive inn and two excellent stores. Steamers do not call here, as the harbour is a very had one. The trading post is prettily situated close to the mouth of the Blanda, a large river which dashes over a bar into the fjord; and the view northward over the Hunafjor&r is a charming coastal landscape. An excursion can be made either from here or LLjalta- laklci to the Laxarvatn and Sv'mavatn (Swine-lake), wherein trout are said to he very plentiful, and whereon ducks innumerable dis- port. Bough accommodation at the farms. The trading post of Skagastrond (Shaw-strand), where the Danish steamers call, is distant an easy day’s ride from Blonduis. There is a Laxa about midway, but it is now a salmon river only in name; a brace of fish might be caught in the lower pools. There is also another Laxa at the extreme end of the peninsula, an easy day’s ride from

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