Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809 - Volume 1

Excerpt from Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Summer of 1809 Vol. 1. Neither can I''sull''er to pass in silence the civility of Sir George Mackenzie in col lecting plants for me in his late excursion to Iceland; nor the attention shown me by doctor''wright of Edinburgh. Though a stranger to the latter gentleman till my arrival in Scotland on my return from Ice land he nevertheless participated feelingly in my misfortunes and begged me to make any use I pleased of the various subjects of natural history in his possession which had been collected in Iceland by his nephew the late Mr. Wright an amiable young man who accompanied Sir John Stanley on his voyage to that country.. About the Publisher. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at forgottenbooks. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.