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This entry was posted in 101 Reykjavik, Erlendur, Iceland Review, icelandic bachelors, Indridason, Laxness, yrsa on January 19, 2012 by william.

Trollope on St. Kilda, 1878

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This entry was posted in Cunard, Iceland, Mastiffe, St. Kilda, Trollope on January 18, 2012 by william.

At the Geysers, Trollope, 1878

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The Dinner Party, Trollope, Reykjavik, 1878

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This entry was posted in England, Laxness, London, Mastiffe, Reykjavik, Trollope on January 16, 2012 by william.

Trollope’s picnic, Iceland,1878

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Sketch by Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1823

This entry was posted in 1878, charles lock, john burns, mastiffs, njal's saga, S. E. Waller, Trollope on January 13, 2012 by william.

Trollope at Reykjavik, 1878

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The Mastiff arrives in Reykjavik early in the morning. After bathing in the ocean, the travellers go ashore.

This entry was posted in 1878, Bishop P. Pjetursson, Mastiffe, Reykavik, Sir George MacKenzie, Thora Pjetursson, Trollope on January 12, 2012 by william.

The Mastiff at the Faroes, 1878

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Sketch by Jemima Wedderburn Blackburn (1823

This entry was posted in 1878, Faroe, Iceland, Mastiffe, Trollope on January 11, 2012 by william.

Trollope at St. Kilda, on the way to Reykjavik, 1878

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The Mastiff Built: 1878 Ship Type: Coaster Tonnage: 871 grt Length: 230 feet Breadth: 30 feet Owner: G & J Burns Ltd Glasgow Remarks: Broken up at Genoa 1924

This entry was posted in Cunard, Mastiffe, St. Kilda, Trollope on January 8, 2012 by william.

When Anthony Trollope Visited Iceland, 1878

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Part 1
As I was growing up in Gimli, Manitoba, nearly everything I was told about Iceland was incorrect. Memories of Iceland were distorted by time and distance. Events and social conditions were filtered through a lens of misunderstanding. In the days of my childhood, people didn

This entry was posted in Burns, Iceland, Jemima Blackburn, Mastiffe, Trollope on January 8, 2012 by william.

Old photographs

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I dredged them out of the crawl space. Plastic yellow and red boxes filled with 35mm colour slides, strips of black and white film in brittle paper sheaths. They

This entry was posted in children, family, memories, photographs on January 6, 2012 by william.

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