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PHOTOGRAPHIC TOURISTS IN ICELAND.* BY J. REYNOLDS, M.D., F.B.G.S. Mb. President, ladies, and gentlemen, I purpose, as you already know, to give you a short description of a tour in Iceland which I, together with seven other gentlemen, made in July of last year. But before I proceed to describe the tour, and places visited, it may not be amiss to give you first of all some idea of the situation of this strange land of fire and frost in the far north. Slide 1 (showing map).—Iceland, then, is situated in the North Atlantic, between the 64th and 66th degrees of north latitude, about 650 miles west of Norway, and some 440 miles from the east coast of Greenland. One of the headlands pro jects just one mile north of the arctic circle. In area it is one- third larger than Ireland—i.e., about 38,000 square miles ; of this area about 7,500 square miles are lava deserts, and sandy, stony wastes. The lava tract around Heckla alone is about 240 square miles, and in the south-western portion of the island, with which chiefly I am concerned to-night, there are about 500 square miles of country covered with lava. The total area of pasture land does not probably exceed 14,000 square miles. The glaciers, lava, and sand deseits, moorlands, and pasture cover about 28,000 square miles, and the remaining 10,000 consists chiefly of mountain masses, vary ing in height from 2,000 to 3,500 feet, snow-covered for nine months out of the year. No doubt the inclement character of the climate for three-quarters of the year, together with the isolated position of this interesting land, accounts somewhat for the general ignorance respecting nearly everything connected with the country. I will first glance over the map and point out to you the relative position of the various important points in the island. Vatna Jokull, Askja, Skaptar Jokull ; here in 1783 was the greatest lava flow ever known in Iceland or elsewhere, when lava welled forth beneath the sea and built up the island of Eldey, one hundred and fifty miles distant. Here we have the world-famed Heckla, and here the Geysers ; here is Gullfoss, Iceland’s largest and grandest waterfall; and here is the classic Thingvellir. I want you to bear these positions in mind, as I shall this evening show you some scenes photographed by me in the actual spots indicated. You can get to Iceland by two routes ; one is by the Iceland and Leith Steamship Co.’s boat Magnetic, starting from Leith and going direct to Reykjavik in about four days; and the other is by the Danish steamboats, which run between Copen hagen and Iceland, and call at Granton for mails and passengers cn route. The quickest route is undoubtedly by the Scotch boat, but the most comfortable passage is certainly that by the Danish steamer. We started from Leith in the Scotch boat on June 30th, arrived at Reykjavik early on the morning of July 4th—i.e., in about three and a-half days—and at ten o’clock on the same morning we landed ; we went to the “ Hotel Island,” in the main street. Slide 2.—Here all was strange and new, and we hardly knew which way to turn first, so in order to collect our scattered thoughts we sat down to breakfast, and this is what we had : black bread, raw’ salted herrings dressed with raw onion, raw salmon, rolled cooked mutton, hard boiled eggs cut in quarters, raw ham, anchovies, white bread and very good Danish butter, lobsters, splendid coffee and cream, and schnapps. Well, I ate all I came in contact with, and asked no questions—the best way when you are in doubt, especially in Iceland. Several Icelandic gentlemen were present, and welcomed us most cordially to their shores, and at once announced our arrival and intended route in their newspapers. Breakfast being over, we went out to see the town, and to photograph some of the chief places. Now I will show you something of what we saw. Slide 3.—Here you see farther up the main streeet the very picturesque windmill on the top of the hill ; this is the main road and exit from the town wherever you want to go, and whichever route you desire ultimately to take. Slide 4.—The next view is one of a side street leading down to the shore of the Faxa Fjord. Here you see one of the modes * A lecture delivered last week before the Brixton and Clapham Camera Club. of drying the fish ; it is first split open, and then laid on the lava blocks forming the walls of the garden to dry in the sun until it is as hard as boot-leather ; this article is now collected into bundles and tied together, and either sent to the interior or exported.' 9108 $ Slide 5.—This view shows you some of the genuine old Icelandic houses called boes.” You will see that the walls are built of blocks of lava with slabs of turf interposed, and they are made four or five feet thick to keep out the cold of the long and extreme Arctic winter of nine months’ duration. Resting on these walls is a timber roof covered over with large living turfs. Each of these houses has, usually, a square space of ground enclosed with a low wall made of the same kind of lava blocks, and this is called a tun. The floor of these houses is the bare earth. In one of the rooms there is a peat fire, and the smoke, in some of the houses in the interior, is allowed to find its way out as it best can, not a very bad arrangement in Iceland, as it possesses certain disinfecting and deodorising properties. The lava walls, which are quite clean, are, as you see, also used for drying clothes. Slide 6.—I will now show you a view illustrating the mode of shipping ponies. These sure-footed, amiable little beasts are one of Iceland’s chief exports, the others being sheep, eider down, and dried fish. You will observe that the little crea ture is in no humour to quit his native shore, and no wonder, when I tell you that his most probable destiny is a coal mine in England, and that, when once let down the shaft, he will never see daylight again. Slide 7.—This is simply another view of same kind of in dustry. Slide 8.—A still farther illustration, showing also a portion of the shore view of the town. Slide 9.—Here we have a scene showing how goods are taken from the landing stage for shipment. Slide 10.—Here we have a view of the Faxa Fjord from the shore, showing in the foreground a fisherman’s hut, and a woman engaged in splitting open the fish, numbers of which, ready- prepared, are drying on the beach in the sun ; in the distance you see the shipping, and the steamer Magnetic lying at anchor. Slide 11.—Yet one more shore view ; this time at the east end of the harbour. Slide 12.—Now we will take a view of the part of the town supposed to be aristocratic. This square shows the statue of Bertel Thorwaldsen in the centre. Slide 13 shows the cathedral and part of the Althing House ; the former is a very plain building covered with plaster, and washed over with pale orange, Which is a wretched colour to photograph ; hence the result. Slide 14.—Here we see the interior of the cathedral, which, although Lutheran, looks at first glance like the interior of a Roman Catholic church. Slide 15.—This shows the interior of the chief room in the parliament house (called Althing House), with a portrait of Sugurdsson, the liberator of Iceland, whose memory is revered by every true Icelander. Slide 16.—This is a nearer view of the statue of Bertel Thorwaldsen in the Square. Having taken these views during Friday and Saturday, we finished up by having four of our party arrested for furious riding. Reykjavik possesses one policeman, a most gorgeous official resplendent with gold lace, and I suppose he thought such an opportunity of running in four Englishmen should on no account be lost, so he brought our four companions before the Governor-General, and these were fined two kroneapiece; I need hardly say thispoliceman’slife was no sinecure during the remainder of our stay in Reykjavik. We decided to start for our first resting place on the tour on Sunday morning at ten o’clock, but this wretched limb of the law again stood in our way, and threatened to arrest and fine us if we started forKrisuvick before three p.m., so we sent our baggage and apparatus on first, and waited until the appointed time, then off we started, four guides and eight of ourselves, making twelve in all, and about forty ponies, at a good sharp trot. (To be continued.)
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