i PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES
PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES
OF
FARÖE AND ICELAND.
“To the ocean now I fly,
And those northern climes that lie
Where Day never shuts his eye.”
Comus.
ii
THE GREAT GEYSER IN ERUPTION.—See page 117.
iiiPEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES
OF
FARÖE AND ICELAND
WITH AN APPENDIX
CONTAINING TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ICELANDIC
AND 51 ILLUSTRATIONS ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY W. J. LINTON
BY
ANDREW JAMES SYMINGTON
Author of “Harebell Chimes,” “The Beautiful in Nature, Art, and Life,” &c.
LONDON
LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS
1862
ivTO
LAURENCE EDMONDSTON, Esq., M.D.,
OF SHETLAND,
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL PHYSICAL AND WERNERIAN SOCIETIES,
EDINBURGH;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL AND MANCHESTER
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES, ETC.,
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW
A.J.S.
May 1862.
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PREFACE.
The greater part of this volume consists of a diaryjotted down in presence of the scenes described, so asto preserve for the reader, as far as possible, the freshnessof first impressions, and invest the whole with anatmosphere of human interest.
The route taken may be thus shortly indicated:Thorshavn; Portland Huk; the Westmanna Islands;Reykjavik; the Geysers; then, by sea, roun
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