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It did not seem like earth scenery, but like the mysterious plains of the moon, barring the water, which is said not to be found on that extinguished star-satellite !
By this sudden change, I could readily explain the contradictory statements of travellers in regard to Iceland ; the one who visits this singular scenery, bright in the warm sun, and in an ^ir so clear that the snowy mountains many leagues away can be dis- tinctly seen, will write a very different description from the one who trav...erses the same ground, wet to the skin, cold and hungry, with no prospect beyond the turn in the dismal road ; the latter will be likely THE CELEBRATION AT THING VALLA. 13I to pronounce Iceland a humbug, and wish he had stayed at home ; while the former, as I do, will regard it as one of the most glorious countries of the world, be sorry when he is obliged to leave it, and take speedy steps to return as soon as he can. Here, as elsewhere, the scenery is in the eye of the observer, and its beauty is simply relative.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It did not seem like earth scenery, but like the mysterious plains of the moon, barring the water, which is said not to be found on that extinguished star-satellite !
By this sudden change, I could readily explain the contradictory statements of travellers in regard to Iceland ; the one who visits this singular scenery, bright in the warm sun, and in an ^ir so clear that the snowy mountains many leagues away can be dis- tinctly seen, will write a very different description from the one who trav...erses the same ground, wet to the skin, cold and hungry, with no prospect beyond the turn in the dismal road ; the latter will be likely THE CELEBRATION AT THING VALLA. 13I to pronounce Iceland a humbug, and wish he had stayed at home ; while the former, as I do, will regard it as one of the most glorious countries of the world, be sorry when he is obliged to leave it, and take speedy steps to return as soon as he can. Here, as elsewhere, the scenery is in the eye of the observer, and its beauty is simply relative.
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