30 THE VINLAND VOYAGES 



Thorfinn's search for the land farther south, and 

 Thorhall the Hunter's dissatisfaction and departure, 

 as will be pointed out presently. 



Halldor Hermannsson's conjecture that Stream- 

 fjord is Chaleur Bay is in some ways very reasonable. 

 Considering, however, the description in Chapter 8 

 of the Saga and the account in Chapter 9 of the prepa- 

 rations for the departure of Thorhall the Hunter, it 

 would seem that Streamfjord was not as large as 

 Chaleur Bay. The main bay is 136 kilometers long 

 from Miscou Island and 25 kilometers wide. It ter- 

 minates in another smaller bay, which is 35 kilo- 

 meters in length, and outside of which there also is an 

 island, called Heron Island. Towards the south and 

 north there extend two other large bays, besides a 

 small one towards the south called Caraquet Bay, at 

 the mouth of which lies an island of the same name. 

 The difficulty lies in identifying Chaleur Bay with 

 Streamfjord and at the same time assuming that Cape 

 Gaspe is Keelness, nor does it correspond with the nar- 

 rative in Chapter 1 2 of the Saga dealing with Thor- 

 finn's search for Thorhall the Hunter. Yet nothing in 

 the narrative contradicts the assumption that Stream- 

 fjord is to be found on the east coast of New Bruns- 

 wick. 



Thorfinn and his men evidently soon came to the 

 conclusion that they had not found the Vinland de- 



