The Iceland year-book - 01.01.1926, Side 53

Reykjavik, the United Steamship Company of
Copenhagen, and the Bergen Steamship Company
of Bergen. The two first-named ply between Ice-
land, Great Britain, and Denmark, and the last
named between Iceland and Norway. For further
particulars see their respective advertisements. —
Passports are not required for landing in Iceland.
As already mentioned, tourists are visiting Ice-
land on a constantly increasing scale. Extensive
particulars of routes and resorts in the country
cannot he entered into here. The inquring are
therefore advised to consult Prof. W. S. C.
Russell’s Iceland: Horseback Tours in Saga
Land (Richard Badger; Boston 1914) with regard
to the longer inland journeys,* and Snaibjorn Jans-
sen's Reykjavik and its Environs (Reykjavik 1922,
Is net) for shorter (motor) excursions from the
capital. Long inland journeys have to he made on
horseback, and the baggage has to be transported
in the same way, usually packed in specially made
boxes, one on each side of the pony. A suitable load
for a pack pony is two boxes of four stone each.
These boxes may by hired in Reykjavik.
For riding purposes two ponies are required
for each person, changing from one to the other
about the middle of the day. Ladies are strongly
recommended to ride astride, as it is both safer
* At the time of going to press, it is discovered that
Captain Daniel Braun’s Iceland: Routes over the Highlands
(Copenhagen and Reykjavik 1907), long believed to be out
of print, is still obtainable. This book, richly illustrated
and with excellent maps and diagrams, cannot be too highly
recommended.
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