DANIEL BRUUN. 
Ivar Baardson's remark about the bishop-see at one time having 
been removed to the western settlement, it not mentioned anywhere 
else, but there is no reason to doubt it — in any case the latter trans- 
lator of his manuscript can hardly have misunderstood this part. Where 
Stensness church has stood is not known. Probably it can be assumed 
that it was a question of the church in Godthaabsfiord, which however 
is no “big church”, which neither can be said of the other well-known 
church in the region of Godthaab, namely near Äilärsarfik in Ameragdla, 
which was examined in 1903 by the author. There were only remains, 
as it stood on the edge of the shore, it having been washed away by the 
water. The church belonged to a big farm and as hinted at, was per- 
haps the same as the one in which Thorstein Eriesson died and from where 
his body was removed to the eastern settlement. There were, at the time, 
no churches in the western settlement. The church near Kilärsarfik 
stands as it can be seen, on a headland — and therefore the above men- 
tioned church Sandness is perhaps identically the same. In another place 
a church is mentioned in Lysefiord “on Steinsness”; it must be sought 
near Niakussat on the north side of Ameragdla. 
There are, at an estimate, substantiated between 60 and 70 farm 
sites, solely in Godthaab’s head distriet — out of the 90 that should 
be found in the western settlement; several outfarms must be added 
to this, also ruins lying separately, and the number will certainly be 
increased by new discoveries, as the Godthaab region is far from 
being traversed with a view of finding Norse ruins. 
It will be seen by this, that there is hardly any likelihood of finding 
many farm sites in the fiords north of Godthaab, as from 60—70 farms 
out of the 90 which belonged to the western settlement have been found 
in the fiords within this colony. Meanwhile there is no doubt as to the 
western settlement having extended far along the coast. We find written 
in Biörn’s manuseript that from the beginning of the western settle- 
ment to Lysufiord [which evidently is incorreetly thought to lie furthest 
north] there is a “six days row.” 
If we remember there was also a six days row from the eastern 
to the western settlement, and that this distance suited the range from 
Tigssaluk to Ameralik. If we proceed for 6 days to the north along the 
coast, we will come to the region a little south of Holstensborg. Ruins 
have also been found at some time, here in /kertorfiord, which therefore 
possibly may be Zyiarfiord the fiord furthest north in this settlement. 
\ big island lies here in the mouth of the fiord, from which the fiord may 
have derived its name. Otherwise refer to the maps of the western settle- 
ment, where the rest of the fiord’s identification is shown. 
Itivdler lies to the south of Ikertok, ruins are not spoken of here. 
It is highly probable that the following, long, narrow Strömfiord with 
a rapid current is the same as the ancient Straumsfjördr. There is 
no certainty of any ruins being here, although it has been said that such 
