, 1874-09-06

| fed. resumed its indolent, smoky habit
The cone Of the great gezser is no: more than
20 feet high and appcars t. have been gfaaua!!7
formed by the deposit OF the sll1clous PARTICLES
| which the water holds iu eo!utlou. The top ID
| like shallow wash-bowl. 80 feet in diameter,
| full To the b1iua. and slowly oveIfo~inS on the
eastern slde- In the centre Of this bowl there -
| we'll indicated BY the intense blue-grecn OF the
| water, and apparently or 10 feot in diameter.
| It has been sounded, and bottom-or, at least, q
change of diEection-reaehed 1t tho depth OF IS
feet. At the edge, where the water ls shallow,
one can dip bis fingers in quickly without beng
! sca1ded. Small particles placed in the overflow
are completely iucrusted with transparent a1le1
in q day OF two Prof. Steenstrup informed me
that the water has important healing properties
The steam has the odor OF Eulphureted hydrogen.
but the taste thereof is so eoon lost that, where
the stream becomes cold, We used it for drinking
{ and making coffee.
| shall never forget that
| CALM. SUBLIME DAT
| at the geyBerr. After reading mAnv descr1p-
tiona was never less prepared for the reality
of the scene. Instead OF = d.oa1, narrow vol
| cauic valley, here waa landscape bounded on
| the nest by mountains but to the north, east,
and south, only to ba spanned By q radius OF 81
miles. Near us quiet, grass-roofed tarmstead !;
| toward the sea, meadows aad CLEANS OF r1veTs :,
in 'front.' the broad green plain, its nclosing hills
and Hekla rising lonely above them; nortAward.
church and nelghborinS byres. ., smooth
grassy ridge beyond, the suow-streaked' pyramid
OF Tue bial)a,! lnlue .uoun'a;.l 80 ~ H ~ NY
Is;HNe Ia,.t,s rore ~ NV +anr tLo no<a ~
~ ,:1 -sta. 1o,,11 rot - ha,rI tho ataau,
assembled quickly, soon dissipated in the hight
oina, ~ .u9 ~ xa. ha,,,. 1.;r ~ 80 aoft
s, % 70 49, s;jie;d 10 40 ~ ;a.ca ond renosa
At 1:30 o'clock, there came a dull thud, 1elt
rather than heard: then another. and another,
and We all rushed to Yard the great geyser. Be-
too ~ 49, 1r.ta. -oca toat ~ ~ rir;n. n.1t
5os,aa no1,-ns ~ ata,m brt in f;ga rn,nnfea Il
ueaoo ,.;n. as - hefora T,e E;ar nd his A.
a..-a t,. - - 4sa 49, tta n, .nl1 tt,.ra
~ caI. aa,se +;,,o ~ a-r,n- rno
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ulDn ~ W w. ~ t.1t z;;t ,-,,,, ~ farm.
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"a ar,-aa.a1 q ~ at.-t hnt wI,eo j.sked. :. 10
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~ Ao az sJ 60 - tha;- rcsa md oii shv.
ssaA 49, na:n aLI IL ~ Val .n5 Voi'nn,s S,caa
60 So. c.,~1,,a< ~, r;tt scora ~ ohscnror
ouoAte atu! !uo9vu' 1as-a ..a-. as,a-1.
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ment1oheu &np oieeusso1. "a; ,a1aa W. -, IT,
po " eso n ~ .ho,- ~ ~ orazt n r.
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r s;.oJ ~ s'u Ano" "no A'7' o17So 90
ssWos 49,, ~ +to, III Grind u, hodv. I. IL vaa
s, ~, yr' ,,,, ~ - ar 800 nv prnn.
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1.e.1a.'*a Ns 49,, asa1,t s1.srwerd ,-,d Thor-
r.ai, 0'1 ~ ,,- r,,,ad tha copntrr Vinland y
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eAoaoeu ae.'N w.. " ;.a..a ~ - 1o;
81 4taut th,t .,tho,,eh watchea Ind beon sct
~ - ;Saas-a H.ia,e,d Haycs md
Ei.1.to1ea ,oI,a,aaroa r. Eean ;ndanendenr
s,s+a;'1os T,,a +,-o for,,e- n.ssed Eaif t,a
;s. a:.,;s ~, ~. aJra - tha eevaer has;n
ta, 49, a,,.s a..~a1 swav hv +h1nn whirh
a.+aroa - sn3,t t}e roclv sha1i nn;lsr their
5aet Int nnthinr followed e3cent a violent over
nn,x ~ s.;nr ha, ri ~ noises +w;ce f]ur;np
~ 49,. - ~ ,r,itod v.nIy m .,1, the twi
i;..ht - ~ ,-;ht ~. tba anact,c1s vou1d b,va
hea' ,s,,,,a 10 - -, env ho,rN N5,,d II rorsa
trha Tast;re1 ,t Thnev.1la ohl;cet, y. all tn
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z.ara t-,.1, +,,a :rb+ a-~anaan no;.a- reran onca
- 80. aa,ns5 1noi;n;o1u t.,+ ,l;y;o7 a.
oa 1er,7 ~ a-c;ta md daln3a na AZ 1ast
aa.'..a,sataa Uu a. anntLa. -;s ~ aoda VIVA hurled
H. S.uoI.~ 49,, a III x.tharad ahont It
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49,. a..a ~ .o+t;1a. .or,. ~ r;na, rho IND
1na o..r ,,ar;csn 4,arS. informed
sta 10 tia Tn',d ennnt IN fe1
.;,.,..as ~ o W,t atl,o-;+r ho had ID mt know
.t ,ad. ~ 1;.tin garsar ro-, 80 or;at -
=. 1sna, Hs1f ~ honr nsssod md tho Strokr