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summer examine the east and north coasts of the land. During a gale, 

 while rounding a point, the sliip breaks her keel; after a long time 

 spent on repairs they set the broken keel up on the point and call the 

 place "Keel Ness" (K0lnses). They proceed eastward, into wooded 

 fiords. They lie to alongside a headland, and Thorvald exclaims: 

 "This is a fair land, here I will build my farm." Meantime, on the 

 beach they discover three skin boats with nine men ; they fight and 

 kill eight of them. Later they are attacked by a large number of 

 natives in skin boats, and these Scraelings shoot at them, but flee in 

 the end. Thorvald, they realize, has been hit by an arrow and he 

 dies of the woimd. They bury him, at his desire on the headland, and 

 put up a cross at either end of the grave. They call the spur "Cross 

 Ness" (Korsnses), and then return to Leif's camp for the winter. 

 They gather grapes and timber for cargo, and in the following spring 

 set sail for Ericsf jord in Greenland "with great tidings for Leif." 



Jf.. ThoTstein Ericsson's voyage. — Thorstein, another brother of 

 Leif, goes out with the same ship to bring Thorvald's body home. 

 He fails, seeing no land at all throughout a whole summer's cruise. 



6. Thorfvnn Karlsefnih expedition.— Th.Q Icelander Thorfinn Karls- 

 efni sets out for Vinland with three ships and 160 men. First they 

 find "Helluland," then "Markland," and next, after sailing along 

 strange, long, sandy beaches, the cape with the ship's keel, "Keel Ness." 

 They anchor up in a fiord and from there send out as scouts two 

 Scottish runners, man and wife, who return three days later with 

 grapes and self-sown wheat. They go on, into another fiord with an 

 island before it and so many sea birds that a man can scarcely set his 

 foot between the eggs. Around the island runs a strong current, so 

 they call the fiord and the island "Stream Fjord" (Str0mf jord) and 

 "Stream Island" (Str0m0). Here they spend the winter with their 

 cattle. There is grazing enough, but little human food. They are in 

 need and pray to God. Thorhall the Hunter, however, appeals to 

 Thor. A whale drifts in, an unknown kind even to Karlsefni, who is 

 familiar with whales otherwise. It proves to be uneatable ; they become 

 ill and throw the whale meat into the sea. When spring comes they 

 manage on birds' eggs, hunting, and fishing. 



Thorhall the Hunter now begins to grumble and wants to go home 

 to Greenland. He and nine men set out by themselves in a ship. On 

 the voyage an easterly gale blows them to Ireland, where Thorhall 

 loses his life. 



The others proceed south and voyage far till they reach a river 

 running into the sea through a lake ; they can only get into the river 

 at floodtide. This place they call "Hop." Here in the depressions 

 grows self-sown wheat, on the hillsides, vines. Every brook teems 

 with fish. There where they find the highest tidewater they dig pits 



