NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETIES, ETC.,
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW
A.J.S.
May 1862.
PREFACE.
The greater part of this volume consists of a diary jotted down in presence of the scenes described, so as to preserve for the reader, as far as possible, the freshness of first impressions, and invest the whole with an atmosphere of human interest.
The route taken may be thus shortly indicated: Thorshavn; Portland Huk; the Westmanna Islands; Reykjavik; the Geysers; then, by sea, round the south coast of the island, with its magnificent Jökul-range of volcanoes; along the east coast, with its picturesque Fiords, as far north as Seydisfiord; and thence home again, by the Faröe Isles.