256 
REYKHOLT, 
words of Olafsen and Povelsen, “ c’est la qu6 
u sout enterres les differens membres de cette 
<c famille et quelques uns de leurs domestiques.” 
The church is of modern date, as is also part of 
the house of the clergyman which adjoins it; but 
some ancient rude carvings of figures in wood, 
which are still very visible upon the latter over 
the entrance of the door, and other appearances 
of antiquity about it, render it probable that a 
portion of the dwelling has actually existed from 
the days of the historian. Very near the parson¬ 
age is a circular grassy mound of earth, flat on 
the summit, and evidently, to judge from the 
sound caused by stamping with the foot, hollow 
within; but'what this formerly was, or to what 
use it could have been applied, is at present 
wholly unknown. It has hitherto been suffered 
to remain entire, from some superstitious notions 
of the natives, who conceive that it was probably 
the spot where Sturleson was murdered, and that 
the disturbing of it would also disturb the manes 
of their learned countryman. It is probable that 
a slight tinge of this superstition affected the 
mind of the late incumbent of the living, who 
had just breathed his last before our arrival, 
since during his life he had constantly resisted 
the entreaties of the Tatsroed to have the mound 
opened, a thing that his less scrupulous successor 
promised should soon bq done. At the distance 
