The road was, generally speaking, very good, excepting in some places, where it lay over heaps of lava.

Of the much-dreaded dizzy abysses I saw nothing; the startling term must have been used to designate some unimportant declivities, along the brow of which I rode, in sight of the sea; or perhaps the "abysses" were on the lava-fields, where I sometimes noticed small chasms of fifteen or sixteen feet in depth at the most.
Shortly after eight o'clock in the evening I was fortunate enough to reach Reikjavik safe and well.

Through the kind forethought of Herr Knudson, a neat little room had been prepared for me in one of his houses occupied by the family of the worthy baker Bernhoft, and truly I could not have been better received any where.
During my protracted stay the whole family of the Bernhofts shewed me more kindness and cordiality than it has been my lot frequently to find.
Many an hour has Herr Bernhoft sacrificed to me, in order to accompany me in my little excursions.

He assisted me most diligently in my search for flowers, insects, and shells, and was much rejoiced when he could find me a new specimen.

His kind wife and dear children rivalled him in willingness to oblige.