EOTJTE III.—A SUMMER’S TOUR IN ICELAND. 141 pretty fall, but of no great height. Upon the brink of the precipice, over which the river leaps, is an islet of basalt, which divides the falling waters. "What is somewhat remarkable, the western fall is some seven feet higher than the eastern one, which is about 25 feet. There is a cleft in the islet, and the tiny stream flowing through forms a central cascade. About half a mile from this fall the river forms another, the Geitafoss (Goat-fall), where the river leaps in one bound about 15 feet. About a quarter of a mile below the Go^afoss, a bridge is in course of construction. Width of river, between the stone buttresses that are to support the bridge, 29 ‘alen’=to about 65 feet. Should the bridge not be finished by this summer (1882), and the travellers ride down the west banlc of the river to the ford, beware of a little tributary, for, though it appears shallow near its junction with the main river, there is a deep rift in its lava-bed, into which the author’s guide drove two pack ponies last year and nearly killed them. About five miles below the Gcr&afoss is another fine fall, the TJllarfoss (Wool-fall). It lies north of an island, on which in olden times the local ping held its meetings. Salmon late in the year are sometimes caught below the Ullarfoss. Immediately after crossing the Sicjalfandafljdt, another moun- tainous ridge will have to be crossed, but there is now a good made road the greater part of the way, ascending by a series of zigzags. Grouse very plentiful here in the middle of August. East of the ridge, the travellers will descend into a well-peopled valley, the A^alreykjadalr, through which the track winds until just before reaching the Vestmannsvatn (Westmen’s or Irishmen’s-lake), when it passes along the face of a hill covered with a considerable growth of birch. Grouse are plentiful on the hill, and the lake is well stocked with trout. The good old Dean at Midi, having been grossly libelled in a recent English work on Iceland, does not now care to accommodate English travellers, but he will not refuse a night’s lodging. At Grenjcr&arstwSir, ten minutes’ ride further on, accommodation is obtainable for a stay of a few days, the Dean residing there being very obliging and hospitable. Magnificent trout fishing under the falls of the Laxa, near GrenjaHarsta^ir, and also in a tributary on the Midi estate. In the latter, salmon are occasionally caught, but seldom of late years under the falls in the main river. Fortieth Day.—Midi to Eusav'ik. There are two routes open, and the one that the author recommends is that on the west side of the river past Nes (Naze) to Gar^Sr. Just north of this farm,

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