IDEOTTIR. 



" Again in the morning Aslak said to the king : ' We have 

 prepared your journey if you intend to go.' The king replied : 

 ' Now I will not stay, but Heming shall follow us to the main- 

 land.' They made ready and departed. 



" They landed at a large mountain, very steep towards the 

 sea, and there was a path along the mountain-side on which 

 only one man at the time could walk. There were precipices 

 beneath and a high mountain above, and the ledges on the 



Fig. 1347. Handle of Shield, iron, in a mound with skeleton. 

 One-third real size Oland. 



Fig. 1348. Shield boss, of iron, edges covered with bronze 

 One-third real size Oland. 



mountain-side were only wide enough for one man on horse- 

 back. The king ordered him to amuse them by running on 

 snowshoes, Heming said : ' It is now not suitable to run on 

 snowshoes, for there is no snow, but only ice, and the mountain 

 is very hard.' The king replied : ' There would be no danger 

 if all was in the best condition.' ' As you will,' said Heming, 

 and took his snowshoes and ran about the mountain-side, up 

 and down, and all said they had never seen any one run so 

 nimbly. . . ." (Flateyjarbok, iii.). 



