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Show HiGHEST POINT OF ICELAND. A-sno-.v-Cliiil :,!,m,u;iin .Wciulcd for tho T ii-.l Tc.r.p I. ust Mii.mi.ir. 11 1 t I la 1 1 ri f ttnre I 1 l r II c d hen JL I 1 1 n rn n til p al o v of in-theO:ocfa dokuli were supposed to n The mountain is near the southeast coast and is an iiapeinj sip-fit from the sea. en-. Iioweii made an attempt in b t (m Ammst i; last lie left Sandfell. a little sett lenient on the coast near the base of the mountain, at 4 a. m.. when, of course, it was broad davlie-ht in that latitude. He was accompanied bv two Icelanders as porters. He struck the snow- slopes at le a. m.. and it tookifine hours and a half to reach the top of the mountain, whose sides are quite steep and covered with ice and snow. T hoiich this mountain is the hio-hest m Iceland, its elevation was found bv Mr. Howell to be onlv 6.550 feet, but owing to tne latitude the phenomena of the suow slopes compares most favorably favor-ably with those of mountains 10.000 feet Iiie-h in Switzerland. Mr. Howell f.avs tne icicle ioilleries in the upper e e pa ly fin Tl nndoubte-div one of tne most successful feats of mountain climbing of the vear. for the mountain presents as manv difficulties dif-ficulties as am- of the Alps, with two or three exceptions. It is comparatively easy to nscend Mount Hccla, and this climb Is made every once in awhile by one or two tourists. ., . |
