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called Roanscn, where there is much hunting of all kinds 

 of beasts, and among others an abundance of white bears. 

 Nothing is to be seen beyond but ice both by sea and land. 

 On the west coast is Kindelfiord, which is an arm of the sea, 

 and all the coast of which is inhabited. On the right coast 

 is a church, called Ivorskirke, or a church built in the form 

 of a cross, which extends to Petresuik, where also is Van- 

 dalbug ; and beyond is a monastery, dedicated to St. Olaus 

 and to St. Augustine : this monastery extends as far as 

 Bolten. Near Kindelfiord is Rumpesinfiord, where there is 

 a convent of nuns and several little islands, in which are 

 found a great number of hot-water springs, which are so hot 

 in winter that they cannot be approached. The heat is 

 moderated in the summer. These waters are very whole- 

 some, and many disorders are cured by them. Near here is 

 Eynetsfiord. Between Eynetsfiord and Rumpesinfiord there 

 is a royal residence, called Fos, and a large church, dedi- 

 cated to St. Nicholas. In Lunesfiord is a promontory named 

 Klining, and further on an arm of the sea called Grantevig. 

 Beyond is a house called Daller, which belongs to the cathe- 

 dral of Greenland. 



The cathedral possesses the whole of Lunesfiord, and par- 

 ticularly the large island beyond Eynesfiord, called Reyatsen, 

 on account of the reindeer which inhabit it. In this island 

 is a stone called talguestein, so strong that fire cannot con- 

 sume it, and so soft, that they make of it drinking vessels, 

 cauldrons, and tubs, which contain ten or twelve tuns. 

 Continuing onwards towards the west is an island called 

 Langen, in which there are eight farms. All this island be- 

 longs to the cathedral. Near the church of Eynetsfiord there 

 is a royal house called Hellestad ; near that is Ericsfiord, 

 and at the entrance of that arm of the sea is an island called 

 Herrieven, which signifies the Island of the Lord, one half 

 of which belongs to the cathedral, the other half to the 

 church called Diurnes, which was the first church in Green- 



