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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
[chap. 
The continuation of Othere’s narrative consists of a sketch of 
the Scandinavian peninsula, and of a journey which he under¬ 
took from his home towards the south. King Alfred then gives 
an account of the Dane, Wulfstan’s voyage in the Baltic. This 
part of the introduction to Orosius, however, has too remote 
a connection with my subject to be quoted in this historical 
sketch. 
NORSE SHIP OF THE TENTH CENTURY. 
Drawn with reference to the vessel fonnd at Sandefjord in 1880, under the superintendence of 
Ingvald Undset, Assistant at the Christiania University’s collection of Northern antiquities. 
It appears from Othere’s simple and very clear narrative that 
he undertook a veritable voyage of discovery in order to explore 
the unknown lands and sea lying to the north-east. This 
voyage was also very rich in results, as in the course of it 
the northernmost part of Europe was circumnavigated. Nor 
perhaps is there any doubt that during this voyage Othere 
penetrated as far as to the mouth of the Dwina or at least 
