ICELAND.

Printed by William Aitken,

12-231

ICELAND;

OR THE

JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE

IN THAT ISLAND,

DURING THE YEARS 1814 AND 1815.

CONTAINING

OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURAL PHENOMENA,

HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND ANTIQUITIES of the iSLAND; AND
THE RELIGION, CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS

OF ITS INHABITANTS.

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX.

BY EBENEZER HENDERSON,

=

Doctor in Philosophy, Member of the Royal Society of Gottenburgh, Honorary Member of
the Literary Society of Fuhnen, and Corresponding Member of the

Scandinavian Literary Society at Copenhagen.

Illustrated with a Map and Engravings,

THE SECOND EDITION.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR WAUGH AND INNES, HUNTER SQUARE, EDINBURGH;
AND T. HAMILTON, J. HATCHARD, AND L. B. SEELEY, LONDON.

1819.

ΤΟ

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS

CHRISTIAN FREDERIC,

PRINCE OF DENMARK,

&c. &c. &c.

FROM A PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE

OF THE DEEP INTEREST

WHICH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS TAKES

IN THE INHABITANTS AND LITERATURE OF ICELAND;

AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT

FOR THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE AND SUPPORT

WHICH HE AFFORDS

TO THE CAUSE OF THE BIBLE SOCIETY,

AND A TRIBUTE

OF THE MOST UNFEIGNED GRATITUDE

FOR REPEATED INSTANCES OF CONDESCENDING REGARD,

THIS VOLUME

IS HUMBLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS'S

MOST OBEDIENT

AND MOST DEVOTED SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.