184 DANIEL BRUUN. 
We find mentioned in the church inventory: 
“the fifth church undir Höfda in the east fiord, the sixth bishop- 
see at Gardar in Einarsfiord”. 
No glaciers are found in Igalikofiord, and the fiord ice as a rule 
already disappears in April, after which there is open water even as 
late as Januarv. The conditions of ice are therefore more favourable 
in this fiord than in Tunugdliarfik lying furthest north. 
On the fiord’s westside furthest south, a big broad fiord cuts in. 
It is AKakortokfiord the ancient Hvalseyjarfjérdr, more of which later. 
North of this, Igalikofiord’s west side is very steep, and only in few 
places there is a trifle coast where there have been farms. Thorvaldsvik 
and Grauevik must be sought here. On the tracts of land further in hardly 
any landing places are found, and even as far in as Sigssardlugtok, where 
to judge by the ruins the big farm Dalr lay, landing was extremely difli- 
cult. Sigsardlugtok is a very interesting place, and the ruins, which lay 
on each side of the river Kügssuak, are well preserved. 
The fiord’s east side has partly the same appearance as the west 
side. A farm lay in the bay near Екаии. Е. J.’s opinion is, that it is 
Hafgrimsfjordr. From there, there was an easy access to the big, rich, 
territory Vatnahverfi, which was mentioned a short while ago. It is 
written in Landnama that: 
“Hajgrim took Hafgrimsfiord and Vatnahverfi”. 
On the fiord’s east side north of £kaluit long mountain flanks over- 
grown with thickets are found. Here the ruins of a lonely farm are seen, 
and there are some few copse woods most likely those mentioned by Ivar 
as belonging to the cathedral. Then we come to the big bay: /galikofiords 
eastern branch, it must have been the ancient Austfjordr. It is crowned 
by mountains, below which the ruins of three farms are found, the one 
of which is doubtless “undir Høfda” — now Kagssiarssuk in the bay to 
the south. The name suits excellently, as a mountain protuberance 
lies to the west of the farm. Here a church and churchyard are found. 
Besides the river Kagssiarssuk, another one coming from the inland- 
ice to the №. E. disembogues into Igalikofiord’s eastern branch. 
Several ruins were found in 1911 up under the glacier, between the 
rivers, there is an afflux to the former river. — The ruin is probably 
that of an outfarm. 
The farm Hamarr which is spoken of in the foster-brothers saga 
(refer to page 103) по doubt lay in Austfiord and is therefore one of the 
farms on the north side of the bay. On the tongue of land between 
Igalikofiord’s eastern arm and its inner end, two long headlands jut 
out into the fiord. Between them now lies Fox’havn, where the steamer 
of the same name anchored in 1860. Here presumably the ancients 
had their Skjalgsbudir (-booths). Here the trading ships anchored, 
such as we have heard of in the tale about Einar Sokkisson (refer to page 
124). There one sees the remains of a couple of smaller Norse ruins, 
