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DISCOVERY OF GREENLAND. 



with Eirek (the Keel, who discovered Greenland), and was his 

 hunter in the summer and his bailiff ( = bryti) in the winter " 

 (See Volva. Thorfinn Karlsefni's Saga, 408; Gronland's 

 Historiske Mindesrncerker, i.). 



The fifth voyage to America, mentioned in the Sagas, is of 

 least interest : Freydis, a sister of Leif, persuaded two brothers, 

 Helgi and Finnbogi, to go over with her ; when they reached 

 America a quarrel broke out among them, and after the 

 brothers had been killed by Freydis' men, she returned to 

 Greenland without having explored the country. 



