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above Point des Montsj nor is it the only island, for 

 there is Green Island, too, and Pilgrim Islands, some- 

 what farther in, and many other islands beyond. 



Furthermore, with Steensby's identification of 

 Streamf jord as the St. Lawrence, there could not be 

 any justification for the phrase used in the Saga about 

 Thorfinn's sailing "northward around" the land in 

 search of Thorhall, although "southward oflF the 

 coast" in case of his sailing for Hop might find appli- 

 cation. 



Halldor Hermannsson suggests that Streamf jord 

 is Chaleur Bay, south of the Gaspe Peninsula.^^ There 

 is an island lying outside known as Miscou Island j 

 in fact there is another island there called Shippigan 

 Island, possibly not mentioned in the Saga because 

 it is almost connected with the former. It is not un- 

 likely that the voyagers considered the latter a penin- 

 sula, because the strait that separates it from the main- 

 land is so narrow. There probably are currents at high 

 tide around Miscou Island j in any case there is a dif- 

 ference of something like ten feet between high and 

 low tide at the head of the bay. Miscou Island is rich 

 in bird life at present, although there are probably not 

 as many eider ducks and eggs there now as the Saga 

 relates 5 but that could hardly be expected. The Saga 



^^ Hermannsson, Wineland Voyages, Geogr. Rev., Vol. 1 7, pp. 

 110-112. 



