Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art: January to April, 1863
The tourist must provide himself with every thing he is likely to require in a wild country so uninvitingly described as above. An Icelandic tent, very like that of a Bedouin, must be purchased, and horses and provi ions according to num ber and need. If you want shelter, you can only count on the tent you take to cover you; if food, your baggage must contain it, or something like it, or your purse a weighty equivalent. As for ex posure, skin overalls and macintosh must render you careless of rain. For guides, there are no regular professional ones in the island. Experienced Alpine peasants, like the guides of Chamouni and the most traveled parts of Switzerland, would be invaluable here.
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