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20 CHAPTER IV. GEYSIR. One lovely summer day we started from Eeykjavik bound for the Geysir,1 which every one goes to see, as it is only seventy miles from the town, so that the trip may be made during the stay of the post-ship; but as Geysir does not always " receive," it may prove a disappointing expedition. We were fortunate in our guide, Mr Oddur V. Gislason, a theological candidate; and the success of our journey was greatly owing to his unfailing good- humour, energy, and kindly care. He brought with him his comfortable little marquee-tent, with divisions; we took—besides a tiny batterie de cuisine—some provisions, cork mattresses, plaids, and waterproofs,—so that, with the addition of a folding bath, we had good furnished apartments wherever we went. As we did not mean to hurry, we took only nine ponies this time, which gave us four to ride, three for baggage, and two relays ; the fourth rider being Skuli, a youth who drove for us. And so on the 2d of July we started gaily over the brown desert bordering Eeykjavik. It has no beauty except the distant views over sea and mountains, this day exquisite in tint. The salmon river, four miles off, was of the deepest blue; not less intense in hue were two lakes we 1 The name Geysir, which properly belongs to the largest of the hot springs in the valley of Haukadal, is derived from the verb geysa, to rush furiously; and geysi, the adjective, is used commonly in the sense of violent, enormous, or gushing. Some trace of the word lingers in Scotland, where the Icelandic geysi kaldur would be well rendered by "gey cauld." GEYSIR. 21 passed further on ; but for the extraordinary vividness of colour, the landscape remindedme of our Hebrides. The glory of Iceland is its colouring. With considerable experience of the f...
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