24/27 128 sqq.] [Footnote 106: _Henderson's Iceland_, ii. 145 sqq.] [Footnote 108: The Sturlunga, Landnama, and Holmveria Sagas.] [Footnote 109: Two priests determined to solve the mystery of this unapproachable valley, the Aradal, or Thoris-thal, with its rich meadows and gigantic inhabitants, and made an expedition for this purpose in 1664. They reached a point where the glaciers fell off into a valley so deep that they could not see whether there were meadows at the bottom or not, and the slope was so rapid that it was impossible to descend.] [Footnote 110: _Voyage en Islande; Atlas Historique_; t.ii., pl. 97, 98.] [Footnote 112: Page 113.] [Footnote 113: _Russia and the Ural Mountains_, i. |