136 GUIDE TO ICELAND. Skagastrond. It is the only salmon river in the north that the author has not visited; a quantity of salmon is brought from the farms near it to the merchants, but whether they are caught in the fjord or in the river, the author cannot say. Thikty-second Day. — Hjaltabakki or Blonduds to VPSimyri (Willow-muir). The Blanda should he forded about three miles from Blonduos, not ferried there, as in the middle is a dangerous quicksand, upon which the ponies will he sure to land, and from which the travellers will he fortunate if they induce them to take to the water again before one or two are fixed inextricably in the sand. After quitting the valley of the Blanda, the route lies up the valley of a tributary, the Svarta (Black-river—abounding in trout and char), and thence through the VatnskarS (Water-pass) to the farm, not parsonage, at Vi^Simyri. Pair accommodation. Prom here the baggage ponies should be sent on to Akureyri, via 8ilfrasta/6ir (Silver-stead—an inn) and Steinsta/6r, the usual post route; but the travellers themselves should make a detour north- ward to visit Solar cathedral ; whence they will travel on to Akureyri by one of the grandest mountain passes in Iceland. A delightful and interesting three days’ excursion can he made from Vv&imyri northward; to Beykir, one day; thence by boat to Drangey (Lonely-isle), which was the retreat of the hero of the Grettur Saga when outlawed. It is said that one Christmas night his fire went out, and having no means of relighting it, nor boat in which to row to the mainland, he swam from Drangey to the farm of Beykir to obtain a light. The scenery on the SkagafjorSr (Shaw- fjord) is very fine ; on the west side of the fjord tower the peaks of the Tindastoll, a remarkably steep range, intersected with deep water-worn gorges; while opposite, Mdlmey (Sand-stone-isle) juts seaward north of a bluff peninsula, with a low-lying isthmus, that also looks like an island; and in the midst of the fjord stands Drangey, an immense deeply-fissured precipitous mass of rock, with an outlier which, from a certain point of view, presents the appearance of a ship in full sail heeling over to the wind. Very obliging people indeed at Beykir, hut the travellers will have to sleep in a large room used as a carpenter’s shop. Thikty-thikd Day.— Vr&imyri to Solar. Pord the Sera¥>svdtn (District-waters) north-west of V’v&imyri, where two channels form an island, Borgarey (Burg-isle), and thence the track is down the valley till about three miles beyond Sofsta^ir (Temple-stead). Prom this point a path branches off to the Sjaltadalr, and about an hour’s ride up this somewhat swampy valley will bring the

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