| INTRODUCTION. | | SECTION I. | | Of Thule | | page | | Thule, Poetical and Rhetorical, | 2 | | Strabo, Mela, Pliny, Ptolemy, | 3 | | Thule, part of Great Britain, | 11 | | Thule = Scandia, | 23 | | Thule = Iceland, | 25 | | Thule (Etymology of), | 32 | | SECTION II. | | Physical Geography of Iceland. | | Genesis and Geology, | 35 | | Hydrography, | 53 | | Climate, | 55 | | Chronometry, | 70 | | Summary, | 75 | | SECTION III. | | Historical Notes, | 78 | | SECTION IV. | | Political Geography of Iceland. | | General Considerations, | 113 | | Divisions, | 116 | | Judicial Procedure, | 120 | | SECTION V. | | Anthropology. | | Statistics, | 122 | | General Considerations, | 130 | | Personal Appearance, | 131 | | Character, | 137 | | Society, | 141 | | The Family, | 148 | | Diseases, | 151 | | SECTION VI. | | Education and Professions. | | Education, | 155 | | Professions, | 162 | | SECTION VII. | | Zoological Notes, etc. | | Animals Wild and Tame, | 169 | | Notes on the Flora, | 175 | | Agriculture and Cattle-Breeding, | 179 | | Fisheries and Fishing, | 189 | | Industry, | 198 | | Emigration, | 208 | | SECTION VIII. | | Taxation, etc. | | Taxation, | 209 | | Coins, | 215 | | Weights and Measures, | | |
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