LETTER I.

THE BOILING SPRINGS.

You have studied geography, have
you not? Then you know that there
is such an island as Iceland; and you
know where it is, too. You can turn
to it in a minute, as soon as you find
the map of Europe. Well, on the island
there are some most remarkable springs,
called geysers. They throw up boiling
waters to a great height in the air.