Paid guide $1, 4m. 0sk. To house for forage, etc. (two days), $5.
Næfrholt to Geysir.
July 14.
Long, weary day.
Left Næfrholt 9.40 A.M. Wind drove away flies. Crossed Rangá and five other streams.
12.10 P.M.—Reached Thjórsá, 2 hours 30 min. of fast riding—five miles per hour. Ferried over at Thjórsárholt. This third of road good.
1.45 P.M.—Remounted; crossed flat land; two Kálfá; east fork big and west fork small. Bad mosses; rounding foul swamps; one furlong of good path to one mile of bad.
3.45 P.M.—Reached (Eastern) Laxá; reported bad ford; found it very good.
4.10 P.M.—Crossed Laxá valley to Sólheimar (sun-home) farm. Rounded fens and crossed morasses. Passed a made tank for washing sheep—rare luxury here. Foul bog of cotton-grass; deep vein along causeway.
5.20 P.M.—Hruni chapel; 4 hours 35 min. from Thjórsá, fast riding. This third of road moderate.