180 DANIEL BRUUN. 
to St. Nicolaus can, in fact, be no other than the cathedral in Gardar 
(more of which further on), which was consecrated to the holy Nicolaus; 
otherwise no church near Foss is mentioned in the church inventory. 
It is not known where Vaagar church has stood, but it must be searched 
on one of the two fiord branches, on the other hand there is no doubt 
as to where the farm Foss and the lake mentioned lay. 
At the head of Amitsuarssuk lay two lakes, a large and a small one 
in magnificent surroundings; between them is a high waterfall, in the 
viemity of which the farm Foss must surely be searched. Ivar says 
that it hes between Rafnsfiord and Einarsfiord (the next fiord to be 
mentioned). Finnur Jönsson says that this is approximately right, 
and so far natural, as he does not mention Siglufiord. The lake 
spoken of is evidently the one Ivar refers to. FRODE PETERSEN (FRODA) 
says it cannot be adapted to the big lake, which lies uppermost, on the 
other hand the conditions are better suited to the little lake, on the flat 
shores of which the fish were far more likely to remain lying when the 
water fell quickly after an overflow. Salmon is also found in this lake. 
The ruins of a farm are found at the head of this fiord. Siglufiord was 
colonized by Thorbiörn Glora. 
The mountainous land which stretches from the region of Cape 
Farewell to Agdluusokfiord is now succeeded, in the region south of 
Julianehaab, by surroundings more undulating and more level. A tongue 
of land spreads itself here towards the south. It is intersected by fiords 
and bays. In some of these, rums are found. F. J. says we must search, 
Slettufiord, Hornefiord and Ofundinnfiord (i.e. “the not found fiord”) here, 
which are mentioned by Biôrn. The last one has probably derived its 
name through its not having been found at once; it is most likely as 
CLEMENSEN says, identical with Sermisek, the mouth of which is not 
easy to find. 
Nearest the inland ice, uninhabited and partly barren and desolate 
ridges of hills rise, which decrease towards the south to the height of 
a line between the interior of Igaliko and Amitsuarssukfiord. 
The country S. W. of this line is filled with lower undulating table- 
lands and less mountainous parts, the highest height of which is about 
1500 feet (500 m.). A number of large and small lakes, which have their 
outlet in the fiords, lay in the valleys and lowlands. On the shores of 
the lakes as along the rivers in the valleys comparatively luxuriant 
pastures are found, not to mention the red wortleberry which cover 
whole stretches of land, likewise on the mountain slopes excellent forage 
and luxuriant thickets of birch and willow are to be found. In the 
spring the web-footed birds breed on the shores of the lakes, and hares, 
foxes, and wild fowl, especially ptarmigan, are in abundance. In the 
olden days there have certainly been many reindeer. 
It is credible that the Norsemen who established themselves in these, 
the most fruitful regions in the fiords near Julianehaab, lived chiefly 
