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HORSES WA G GONS. 



Adils and covered all over with armour " (Hrolf Kraki Saga, 

 c. 44). 



" There were four stud horses of Thorstein's of red colour. They 

 looked well but not fully broken. Thorstein offered to give 

 him the horses, but Gunnlaug said he needed no horses as he 

 was to leave Iceland. Thereupon they rode towards the stud 

 horses, there was a gray stallion with four mares. It was the 

 best stallion in Borgarijord " (Gunnlaug Ormstunga, c. 5). 



Kig. 708. Runic stone, with waggon and horse. Near Levede, in Gotland. 1 



We find that the laws contained regulations in regard to 

 the making of the roads, and the shutting of gates. 



"The highroad shall be so broad that a man can sit on a 

 saddled horse and put his spear-handle on the ground and put 

 his thumb as high up as he can and the spear shall be one 

 span longer. It shall be laid down across the road. It shall 

 not be broader " (Gulath). 



" If a man walks through the gate of a fence he who opens 

 it shall be answerable as to shutting it. If cattle or horses go 

 inside and spoil a field or meadow, then the opener of the gate 

 shall pay back according to valuation all the damage made " 

 (Gulath). 



1 Another stone in relief has been found 

 by Prof. Save, nearly 12 feet high, at 

 Larhrii, in the northern part of the island 

 of Gotland ; of the same horse-shoe shape 



as shown here and on p. 58, with repre- 

 sentations of ships, horses, and the eight- 

 footed horse Sleipnir. 



