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ROUTE IV.----UP THE WEST COAST. 169 head of the Kaldaldn (Cold-inlet), to see the arm of the glacier here, which calves into'the sea. It is about three hours’ ride each way, with a good road along the beach for the best part of the distance. The stream from the Skjaldfanndrdalr is a wicked one to ford, and must not be attempted without a resident to point out the right spot. Twentieth Day.—To TsafforSr by boat—about ten hours’row. After the fatigues of yesterday, and the seventeenth day, the party will probably be inclined for a little town-life, especially if an assault upon the Gldmu Jbkull is contemplated from the head of the Skotu- fjorf>r. Five days will therefore be allowed for an excursion to I'safjor'&r. On the way, the party should land at Vigr (Spear) and JE^ey (Eider-isle), two islets famous for the vast number of eider- duck that breed there. Tsafjok’Sr town stands upon a demi-circular, low, flat headland— doubtless a moraine—jutting outward from the western shore of the SkutiUJyor&r (The Page’s.fjord). The inn is somewhat primitive, but the people are obliging. There are a large number of stores, and the Danish steamers call here. The ponies and all dispensable baggage will, of course, be left at Samar or Kirlcjubdl. An excursion should be made by boat to O's (Oyce), where large beds of ‘ Surtarbrandr,’ a variety of lignite, are to be seen. It will occupy a day, and is only practicable in calm weather. Ponies can be hired, and an excursion made by land, if preferred, to other beds of Surtarbrandr on the Suqandafjor^r, a pleasant but mountainous day’s excursion. Sir David Wedderburn, while on a trip round the coast in 1878, visited these remarkable strata during the stay of the Danish steamer at I'safjor'Sr, and he says : ‘ The Surtarbrandr has been exposed by the action of a mountain torrent, about 400 feet above the sea. The lignite is in thin layers, mixed with slaty-rock; it is partly carbonised, partly in the condition of ordinary wood, with the bark still adhering, but infiltrated with a certain amount of mineral matter; over it lie enormous masses of basaltic rock.’ ‘ There are no trees growing now in Iceland except dwarf birches and willows, but here are the almost uninjured remains of great forest-trees under mountains of superincumbent rock, which must have spread over them in a molten condition, when they were imbedded in mud beneath the sea-surface.’ Twenty-sixth Day.—Tsafj6r6r to Kleifar, if an assault is to be made on the Gldmu Jokull, and if not, to Samar. In either case about ten hours by boat. If the party land at Kleifar, be sure to ascertain, before the boat is allowed to leave, whether another—and
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Guide to Iceland

Year
1882
Language
English
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