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fell in Skagafjörður, for instance, was reported that a
red glow had been seen in the south. From several places
in eastern Húnavatnssýsla the fire was seen chiefly be-
tween 17 and 18 o’clock on this day. Some people thought
they heard a dull report like distant gunfire. Flashes of
light were seen due south from Raufarhöfn at 17 o’clock on
Dec. 23rd. They appeared just west of Bláfjöll.Nine ílashes
were counted in 10 minutes. From Grímsstaður á Fjöllum
flames were seen at 1715; from this place they appeared
beyond Herðubreið. The flames came at intervals of 1—3
minutes and reached to a great height. Many tongues of
flame were seen in the sky a little west of due south from
Kópasker late in the afternoon of Dec. 23rd. They seemed
to be in the same direction as the fire of the preceding
spring. From Húsavíkurhöfn also many flashes of light
were observed from 22—23 o’clock on Dec. 23rd. They were
in the direction of Geitafellshnjúkur, and were big flashes
but short and throwing out flickering sparks. They were
seen at intervals of 3—4 minutes. At Akureyri sparks
and a red glow were also seen in the same direction as
the eruption of the spring before, i. e. above Staðar-
byggðarfjall and Garðsárdalur. The people here thought
that there was little doubt that the sparks were caused
by an eruption.
In the south of the country a glow as of fire was seen
which was regarded as being caused by an eruption; at
Þórunúpur in Rangárvallasýsla, for instance, sparks of
fire were seen shortly after 17 o’clock. Very bright sparks
were likewise observed from Ljárskógar in Dalasýsla at
about 18 o’clock on Dec. 23rd. The direction in which 'they
appeared seemed to be a little farther east than that of
the eruption of the spring before (27).
Mention is made of a cloud of volcanic vapour and
sparks of fire seen in a westerly direction from Papey in
the evening of Dec. 21st, and on Dec. 26th sparks were
seen both from Reykjahlíð and Skagafjörður (28).
These phenomena must have been caused by a minor
eruption which from the direction seems not unlikely to