Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 296William Blackwood, 1964 |
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... Iceland gave the name ' geyser ' to the world , and Reykjavik's hot- water supply is piped in from the local hot ... Iceland's first permanent settler ( not counting the Irish monks who had lived there as hermits ) , had arrived at this ...
... Iceland gave the name ' geyser ' to the world , and Reykjavik's hot- water supply is piped in from the local hot ... Iceland's first permanent settler ( not counting the Irish monks who had lived there as hermits ) , had arrived at this ...
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... Icelandic soil was truly spent on the soil , and I learned that one could sleep out warmly with only two blankets , under a glacier peak . For though Iceland lies just south of the Arctic Circle , it gets the benefit of warm waters from ...
... Icelandic soil was truly spent on the soil , and I learned that one could sleep out warmly with only two blankets , under a glacier peak . For though Iceland lies just south of the Arctic Circle , it gets the benefit of warm waters from ...
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... Iceland , beyond the line of hotels , depending , and depending con- fidently , on local hospitality . ' In a poor country , ' wrote Sir Walter Scott in The Monastery ' , ' hospitality is generally exercised freely . ' Iceland is no ...
... Iceland , beyond the line of hotels , depending , and depending con- fidently , on local hospitality . ' In a poor country , ' wrote Sir Walter Scott in The Monastery ' , ' hospitality is generally exercised freely . ' Iceland is no ...
Contents
A TRAVELLERS TALES BY NIGEL PATTEN | 96 |
THE HUNTING OF ARIF SAID BY JOHN PEMBROKE | 192 |
AN ELECTION TO REMEMBER BY LESLIE GARDINER | 288 |
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