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One of the small rivers flowing into Northumberland Strait : Babcock, 



Dieserud. 

 Kennebec River, Me. : Goodwin. 



Cross Point (Crossanes) : 



Pt. Alderton south of Boston Harbor, Mass. : Rafn. 

 South end of Georgetown Island, Me. : Goodwin. 



In the bibliography at the end of this paper I have included only 

 those works which have been referred to directly or indirectly. Wil- 

 liam H. Babcock and J. Fischer appended the titles of about 320 

 works to each of their respective publications. Besides the authorities 

 included in my own list, which embraces only about 69 titles, I wish 

 to make special acknowledgment to Dr. Harrison F. Lewis, Chief 

 Federal Migratory Bird Officer of Ontario and Quebec Provinces, 

 who has supplied me with some important information regarding the 

 geography of the St. Lawrence region and the habits of the sea 

 birds nesting there. 



Let us see which of the identifications that have been attempted 

 seem to stand up best under another examination of the material or 

 whether in certain cases different ones might plausibly be suggested. 

 The only sites which concern us and may be said to have been fixed 

 beyond question are Ericsfiord and Heriulsfiord in Greenland (see 

 page 6) . 



On leaving Ericsfiord Karlsefni is said to have voyaged first to the 

 Western Settlement in the present Gothaab district, but as this lay 

 in a direction contrary to his objective there has been much specula- 

 tion among students as to his reason for doing so. It has been sup- 

 posed that Gudrid, Karlsefni's wife, wished to visit a property she 

 had inherited from her first husband which lay in Lysufiord, believed 

 to be the present Ameralikfiord ; that the voyagers wished to take 

 advantage of more favorable winds and ocean currents ; and possibly 

 that they were aware of the narrowing of Davis Strait and the greater 

 proximity of the American shores in that direction. It is known that 

 Disko Island was called Bear Island and this has induced Bruun, 

 Power, and Thordarson to identify it with the Bear Island of the 

 Saga, but most writers regard this as too far north. J. T. Smith 

 suggests an island off Baffin Land, and Steensby inclines to view it 

 as "a. part of south-easterly Baffin Land." Llermannsson admits the 

 possibility, mentioning specifically Resolution Island, but objects that 

 the wording of the Saga assumes a previous knowledge of this island 

 while it is intimated elsewhere that there was no knowledge among 

 the Norsemen of the lands west of Davis Strait. Storm, Babcock, 



