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Iceland! But what Next?

           Thepassagewasmarkedbynothingunusual.Iborethetroublesoftheseaprettywell;myuncle,tohisownintensedisgust,andhisgreatershame,wasillallthroughthevoyage.

           HethereforewasunabletoconversewiththecaptainaboutSnæfell,thewaytogettoit,thefacilitiesfortransport,hewasobligedtoputofftheseinquiriesuntilhisarrival,andspentallhistimeatfulllengthinhiscabin,ofwhichthetimberscreakedandshookwitheverypitchshetook.Itmustbeconfessedhewasnotundeservingofhispunishment.

           Onthe11thwereachedCapePortland.TheclearopenweathergaveusagoodviewofMyrdalsjokul,whichoverhangsit.Thecapeismerelyalowhillwithsteepsides,standinglonelybythebeach.

           TheValkyriakeptatsomedistancefromthecoast,takingawesterlycourseamidstgreatshoalsofwhalesandsharks.Soonwecameinsightofanenormousperforatedrock,throughwhichtheseadashedfuriously.TheWestmanisletsseemedtoriseoutoftheoceanlikeagroupofrocksinaliquidplain.FromthattimetheschoonertookawideberthandsweptatagreatdistanceroundCapeRejkianess,whichformsthewesternpointofIceland.

           Theroughseapreventedmyunclefromcomingondecktoadmiretheseshatteredandsurf-beatencoasts.

           Forty-eighthoursafter,comingoutofastormwhichforcedtheschoonertoscudunderbarepoles,wesightedeastofusthebeacononCapeSkagen,wheredangerousrocksextendfarawayseaward.AnIcelandicpilotcameonboard,andinthreehourstheValkyriadroppedheranchorbeforeRejkiavik,inFaxaBay.

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