VINLAND THE GOOD 



another such mythical land pic- 

 tured from the earliest times. 

 (2) It was a region where they found 

 the true grape. In this case the 

 land was at least as far south as 

 southern Maine and may have 

 been Cape Cod. The reasons in 

 favor of this supposition are as 

 follows: — 



(o) The statement of Tyrker 

 the German, who was famil- 

 iar with the true grape. 



(b) The fact that they cut the 

 .- vines to bring back in their 



vessels. These were prob- 

 ably used in shipbuilding. 



(c) The statement that there 

 was no snow in Vinland 



" during the winter and that 

 the cattle grazed during the 

 entire season. 

 These three statements, together with the 

 fact that the mountain cranberries were prob- 

 ably not used for making wine by the Norse- 

 men at this early date, and the improbability 

 of their naming a wonderful land after such a 

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