Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-09-09
THE IsLAND0 0F ICELAND.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY
AND on ITe PEOPLE.

Inc cclcDIuttphyi tuc OIic tHOu
sandth annivcrsaryof Of the settlemcn,
of Iceland naturally brings that coun
try prominently belpre the world.
The island Of Iceland lies betwcer
latitude SO deg Is min. and &C deg. 81
min. north, and no rArt Of it is, thcre
fore, more than two'miles beyond the
Arctic circle. West Of Greenwich |,
stretches from longitude 13 dog. IS
min. to "a dog. 40 min. or, to simply
convert degrees and minutes into Eng
lish statute miles, II is, from its ex
treme east to its cxtromo west point
3O6 miles long, while from north u
south II Is 1888 miller broad. II ID, how
ever, the most irregular Of oil islands
Its deep. nnrrows}slists, ur fords, cul
IL up into a series Of pcninsulas, and
notwithstanding that It's length and
breadth are greater than ireland, III
actual area scarcely exceeds 10000
square miles. At one point It is only
four miles wide. Physically considered
it is one of the most remarkable islandi
in the world, 1t is nothing but nest
of volcanoes II has no stratified rock
Of any kind, and is simple mass O.
once molten matter that had bubbled
up out of the sea, and after cooling of
had taken on an Arctic snow cap as 1
for protection. Nothing can possibly
exceed the rugged grandeur of it
scenery. The clefts in tho enormous
beds OF once fluid lava are of the mos
picturesque and startling description
Its rivers are formed from the melting
SHOWS of the mountains and are very
numerous and beautiful. Their wa
terfalls seem to keep the air in one con
tinuous hum of dashing- spray. The
whole interior is but one vast desert
waste for tho most part so elevated
above the sea that the SHOWS never
melt. Surrounding this desert, wher,
volcanic fires from time 10 time bun1
forth in the midst of boundless frost
there is a belt of land overlooking the
sea on which grows in places vegeta
ton ofconsiderable luxuriance. Form
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or,y .n'io W. o.nJi na,a "veS' ~ pu' aa' .n'
ci'lia'e mas grown oo''o' anu 'n1 e,'''
Flowering plants are, however, abun
dant, and there is plenty Of grass fol
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AS ior the interior parts OF the islaho
there have been there eighty-six vol
canic eruptions-some OF them tne
most wondcriul known IN any par. O
.he worid-s,nce 'ne isianu was MS
,hhaplted. VI 'nese ,wehty-s,x nave
peen from hecla whicn is q, an times
crossed py nssiires from wh'ch s,on.
an ana suiphurons vapors are emi,teu
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'hat Oh okap'ar JoKui', IN 1850, wnei
not only vast streams on iava desoiaIec
the adJaceh, country pu. who,c lnril' ,
were Dur,ed N ashes, clouus oi wnicl
were wni'eu " ,ne W'hus Us iar away
as tne opc,lanu ISlAnus. A. see'us ', sur
Prislns 'na' 'uun an 's'anu snou'u ~ ~
PeoP'eu pu. .nc run y .no li'''aol
'ah.s seem ionu VI 'noi no'''e', a''
cnnho. ~. DC persuaucu 70 9ul. sne'nL Il,
ne las. PROOF ol ,nls u iouiiu ~ 'n'
lar' Una. very icW M " 'nsl, Sna'gls'1 .au,c y y
o.ncr vou,i.rios' my 'S,a''u ''e.n m na'
peculiariy interesting nls'oIy ~ ovi M
nee.'on wi'i 'nv aonieVsn,on's " 'n'
oiu Nur'nineh VINO .ounu ,ncre u reiug'
,rV'n 'ne y ralny vi liaro'u iaai'"se'
n'ng Oh Norway, wno, having con
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NORWAY, ioicco .,e''l in.o o"l,,7lu'en D,: !,
oi...aa,;.as I . Wv - .har, oooon,ad
n,naor;na C,oedam IN IN island hr;stl;n,
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e., I sa;,,ors y ioai. roro therecaro
,ha M ahost noonla IN ali Norseland Man,
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