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Interesting Conversations with Icelandic Savants

           "Doyouthinkso?"saidmyuncle,pretendingtolookverymodest,andtryingtohidethecuriositywasflashingoutofhiseyes.

           "Oh,yes;howmanymountains,glaciers,andvolcanoestherearetostudy,whichareasyetbutimperfectlyknown!Then,withoutgoinganyfurther,thatmountaininthehorizon.ThatisSnæfell."

           "Ah!"saidmyuncle,ascoollyashewasable,"isthatSnæfell?"

           "Yes;oneofthemostcuriousvolcanoes,andthecraterofwhichhasscarcelyeverbeenvisited."

           "Isitextinct?"

           "Oh,yes;morethanfivehundredyears."

           "Well,"repliedmyuncle,whowasfranticallylockinghislegstogethertokeephimselffromjumpingupintheair,"thatiswhereImeantobeginmygeologicalstudies,thereonthatSeffelFesselwhatdoyoucallit?"

           "Snæfell,"repliedtheexcellentM.Fridrikssen.

           ThispartoftheconversationwasinLatin;Ihadunderstoodeverywordofit,andIcouldhardlyconcealmyamusementatseeingmyuncletryingtokeepdowntheexcitementandsatisfactionwhichwerebrimmingoverineverylimbandeveryfeature.Hetriedhardtoputonaninnocentlittleexpressionofsimplicity;butitlookedlikeadiabolicalgrin.

           "Yes,"saidhe,"yourwordsdecideme.WewilltrytoscalethatSnæfell;perhapsevenwemaypursueourstudiesinitscrater!"

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