SULPHUR-MINES. 125 where hot and treacherous; sometimes we sank in deeper than was pleasant, in spite of little planks with which we bridged the worst places; and we hardly knew whether it was singeing or scalding that was to be dreaded—our boots suffered from both. We gathered some specimens of the mineral called here krisuvik, copper carbonates, and pretty crystals of sulphur ; and we also cooked a nice hot little dinner just below the surface,—it was slightly flavoured with sulphur, but we hoped only the more wholesome for that. These mines were not worked at that time, though the sulphur is plentiful1 and of excellent quality. The difficulty of transport on horseback over the bad lava was a serious drawback. Circum- stances had, however, altered ; the neighbouring lake of Kleyfir- vatn has been obliging enough of late years to sink so much in its bed as to leave a good route round by its shore—a far easier way to Hafnarfjord than over the lava, which was formerly the only one. The mines have been profitably worked of late by Mr Paterson, a Scotsman, who puts his own shoulder to the wheel; and so much sulphur has been found that a company has just heen formed called the “ Icelandic Sulphur and Copper Company,” which is likely to prove very remunerative as soon as the first expense of laying down a tramway about twelve miles to Hafnar- fjord has been surmounted. Next day we returned to Reykjavik, by the shores of the clear green lake of Kleyfirvatn ; and it was a very pretty ride on that lovely day, though nothing could be gloomier than the scarred barren mountains all round where no grass grew. Beyond the lake we stopped on the grassy slopes, lit an aromatic fire of bog-myrtle and juniper, and dined there, reclining luxurious- ly in the enjoyment of a beautiful view, a good appetite, and food that seemed excellent under the circumstances. Thence we cantered gaily over sound grass between low lava - cliffs, accompanied by some unbroken colts that frolicked alongside, 1 Professor Geikie, who inspected the mines last year (1881), estimates the total quantity of ore in sight as 250,000 tons—roughly equal, according to the average quality of the ore, to 120,000 tons of commercially pure sulphur.

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