28 Gustav Hoım. 
men's route from Greenland to Wineland’’, as he did not wish to have 
anything to do with the casual discovery of the country. If he had 
done so he would also have mentioned Bjarni’s doubtful voyage (p. 18). 
We can surely take it for granted that it was not Steensby’s in- 
tention to avail himself of Leif’s voyage in Grænlendinga pättr, but 
would have corrected this mistake later on. The printed paper was 
only the first production that was to have been followed by another; 
if this had not been his intention he would not have gone over to those 
regions, especially to study all particulars. 
Steensby’s paper was received with great interest; and with 
regard to Karlsefnis voyage, it must be said, it was very surprising 
and a simple understanding of the saga tale, which treated of a coasting 
voyage. It concerns only this voyage, one must not consider his men- 
tioning Leif’s voyage. However, it does not lessen the significance of 
this well merited work. 
I presume Hovgaard was the first to propose that the country 
Leif discovered, which later on was called Vinland, was quite another 
country to the one which Karlsefni came to on his great expedition, 
which started from Greenland, and the aim of which was to explore 
the country found by Leif, and if possible to settle there. I completely 
agree to this view. 
HELLULAND TO THE SOUTH OF GREENLAND. — We are 
now going to mention Gathorne-Hardy’s critical remarks) on Steensby’s 
paper. His first remark applies to Steensby’s identification of Hellu- 
land with a place in Labrador which in opposition to ancient accounts, 
hes about on the same latitude as South Greenland, and “involving a 
course very far to the west of south”. To this I will remark that, 
according to the Saga Karlsefni sailed first to Vestri Bygd and “thence”’ 
(padan) — as Hauksbök adds — to Bjarneyja”. Steensby and Fossum 
say that these islands most likely lie in the vicinity of south-east Baffin 
Land?) and the direction from there to Helluland is south, and 
consequently not “very far to the west of south”. 
It is written in Hauksbok that Karlsefni “bore away southward” 
(р. 21) from his northly starting point, whilst there is no mention of 
a course in AM. 557, but that he sailed for “northerly winds’’. 
1) op. cit. pp. 238, 241—243. 
2) This is confirmed as according to many manuscripts it was not Vestri 
Bygd but Vestri Obygd that Karlsefni last came from (Reeves op. cit. p. 133, note). 
It is written in the following manner in M (р. 21): “Then they sailed away from 
the land to “vestari ubygdir” and thence to Bjarneyja”. — I agree to Fossum’s 
opinion (op. cit. р. 71 and 103) that “hina vestri öbygö’” which Eric already had 
visited, possibly was Baffin Land. 
