182 DANIEL BRUUN. 
by the breeding of cattle and not so much by the capturing of seals, 
as they were not obliged, like those who lived in less fruitful regions, 
to resort to that branch of industry, which seems to have been of less 
consideration for them on account of the long and difficult distances 
to the fiords. 
The Greenlanders hardly ever come to these rich parts. Every 
sort of game has its field here, and no one searches a livelihood there, 
where many farms lay in the Norse age, maintaining many people. 
Several farms are refound, but many are waiting to be found. Only 
a few Greenlanders from Igalıko, go hunting in the nearest parts by 
Kagssiarssuk, whilst the regions near Amitsuarssuk are never visited now. 
No living Greenlander is well acquainted with these regions, therefore all 
travelling in here is difficult on account of there being no guides. 
This magnificent country, which the author visited in 1894 must 
have been the ancient Vatnahverfi, the name of which (ват = lake, 
hverfi = groups) so excellently suits the conditions of nature. 
The centre cf the eastern settlement, Einarsfjördr. 
We have now reached the centre of the eastern settlement where 
a comparatively compact colonization is found, not only on the banks 
of the fiords, but also in-land between the fiords. The first fiord we meet 
is /galikofiord within Julianehaab. It is the ancient celebrated Einars- 
ford. 
Ivar BAARDSON says: 
“When one sails into Eimarsfiord a creek les on the left hand, 
which is called “Thorualzuig” |Thorvaldsvik|, and further up the fiord 
a headland lies on the same side which is called “Alineng”, and still 
further in, another creek, which is called “Graueuig” [-vik], and still 
further in away from Grauevig lies а big farm, called ~Daller” [Ва]; 
which belongs to the cathedral. On the right hand, when one sails up 
the fiord to the cathedral which stands in Botnen fi. e. head] there lies 
a big forest, which belongs to the cathedral, and in which forest the 
cathedral has all its cattle both big and little. 
The cathedral owns the whole Einarsfiord as well as the big island, 
which lies outside Einarsfiord, and which is called “Rendde” (1. e. Rein- 
deer-island) because in the autumn any number of reindeer run there, 
there is universal “Vedtzshafl” [catehing of fish and whales] but not 
without the permission of the bishop. And on the island is the best soap- 
stone seen in Greenland, so naturally good that pots and cans are made 
of it, and it is so hard a stone that fire cannot consume it, and such big 
cans are made of each stone that 10 or 12 barrel can go into them. And 
there to the west of the land lies an island, called “Langée” [Langen] 
and on that island lay 8 big farms. The cathedral owned the whole 
island except the tithes, which belong to Hvalsö church”. 
