Travels in the Island of Iceland During the Summer of the Year MDCCCX #266581

Though mineralogical research was the principal object of the voyage, yet having enjoyed the oppor tunity of seeing much more of Iceland than any former British traveller, and having, with my assoa ciates, bestowed considerable attention upon every thing that appeared interesting in the island and its inhabitants, I cannot but conceive myself as still under the obligation of submitting to the public, the information that has been acquired, even although Mr Hooker's valuable book may, in some respects, have anticipated me.