64 DANIEL BRUUN. 
ГИ be obliged to swing the (water) pail, 
there came not a drop of wine to my lips. 
On the contrary I must 
creep down to the spring.” 
When they were ready they sailed, but Thorhal chanted: 
“Let us travel back 
where our countrymen are, 
let us let the ship plough 
the broad sea, 
whilst the unwearied warriors 
who praise the country here, 
settle on Furdustrand 
and cook their whale.” 
Then they sailed to the north passed Furdustrands and Kialarness 
and would cross to the west, passed the coast, a strong western wind 
rose then against them, and drove them to Ireland, there they were over- 
come and made thralls, and there Thorhall died — according to what 
merchants have related.” 
In other words the ship was driven straight across the Atlantic 
ocean, to be shipwrecked on the Irish coast; something similar happened, 
as we shall learn, to other partakers of the expedition. 
“It is stated in the meanwhile that Karlsefni together with Snorri 
and Bjarni besides their folk went southwards along the coast of the 
land. They sailed a long time, until they came to a river, which came 
out from land, flowing out into the sea through a lake. The banks 
of the river were flat and broad, and one could reach the river only 
at high-tide. Karlsefni sailed into the mouth with his crew, and they 
called the place Höp. 
They found here on the land selfsowing wheatfields, there where the 
earth was swampy and flat, but vines where the land lay higher (1.е. where 
it became undulated). Every brook was full of fish. They dug holes 
at the highwater mark, and when the water fell there were halibuts in 
the holes. In the woods there were countless animals of every description. 
Here they remained for two weeks (in the summer 1004) amused 
themselves without anything special happening. 
They had cattle with them. Early one morning on looking round, 
they discovered a number of boats made of skins, from which poles were 
swung, and it sounded like wind in a bundle of straw, the swinging went 
round with the sun. Then Karlsefni exclaimed: 
“What signifies this?” 
Snorri Thorbrandsson answered: 
“It is perhaps a sign of peace, let us take a white shield and hold it 
up before them.” 
They did so. Now the strangers rowed nearer, and marvelling at. 
