couldobtainnosatisfactoryinformationonthispoint。
Itisdifficulttoimagineanythingmorelaboriousthantowanderaboutinthiscavern。Astheroadhadsheweditselfattheentranceofthecavern，soitcontinuedthroughoutitswholeextent。Thepathconsistedentirelyofloosefragmentsoflavaheapedoneupontheother，overwhichwehadtoclamberwithgreatlabour。Noneofuscouldaffordtohelptheothers；eachonewasfullyoccupiedwithhimself。Therewasnotasinglespottobeseenonwhichwecouldhavestoodwithoutholdingfastatthesametimewithourhands。Weweresometimesobligedtoseatourselvesonastone，andsotoslidedown；atothers，totakehandsandpulloneanothertothetopofhighblocksofstone。
Wecametoseveralimmensebasins，orcraters，whichopenedaboveourheads，butwereinaccessible，thesidesbeingtoosteepforustoclimb。Thelightwhichenteredthroughtheseopeningswasscarcelyenoughtoilluminetheprincipalpath，muchlessthenumerousby-paths。
AtKalmannstungaIhadendeavouredtoprocuretorches，butwasobligedtoconsidermyselffortunateingettingafewtapers。ItisnecessarytoprovideoneselfwithtorchesatReikjavik。
Thepartsofthecavernbeneaththeopencraterswerestillcoveredwithaconsiderablequantityofsnow，bywhichourprogresswasrenderedverydangerous。Wefrequentlysunkin，andatothertimescaughtourfeetbetweenthestones，sothatwecouldscarcelymaintainourbalance。Intheby-pathssituatedneartheseopeningsanicyrindhadformeditself，whichwasnowcoveredwithwater。