“It is said that Thorhall resolved to go northward along Furdustrandir to explore Vinland, but Karlsefne determined to sail southward along the coast. Thorhall fitted out his vessel under the island, having not more than nine men to join him, for all the others went with Karlsefne. Now when Thorhall carried water to his ship, he sang these verses: ‘People told me when I came Hither, all would be so fine; The good Vinland, known to fame, Rich in fruits and choicest wine; Now the water-pail they send; To the fountain I must bend, Nor from out this land divine Have I quaffed one drop of wine.’ “When they were about to depart and had hoisted sail, Thorhall again sang: ‘Let our trusty band Haste to Fatherland; Let our vessel brave Plough the angry wave, While those few who love Vinland, here may rove, Or, with idle toil, Fetid whales may boil, Here on Furdustrand, Far from Fatherland.’ ... “It is now to be told of Karlsefne that he with Snorro and Bjarni and their people sailed southward along the coast. They sailed a long time until they came to a river, which ran out from the land and through a lake into the sea. The river was quite shallow, and no ship could enter it without high water. Karlsefne sailed with his people into its mouth and called the place Hóp (_ok kölludu i Hópi_).[56] They found fields of wild wheat (_sjálfsana hveitiakra_) where the ground was low, and wine-wood where it was higher.... There was a great number of all kinds of wild animals in the woods. They remained at this place a half-month and enjoyed themselves, but did not find any thing novel. They had their cattle with them. Early one morning, when they were viewing the country, they saw a great number of skin boats on the sea.... The people in them rowed nearer and with curiosity gazed at them.... These people were swart (_svartir_) and ugly, and had coarse hair, large eyes, and broad cheeks. They remained a short time and watched Karlsefne’s people. They then rowed away to the southward beyond the cape. “Karlsefne and his people had erected their dwellings above the lake. Some of the houses were near the water and others were farther away. They remained here during the winter.[57] There was no snow, and their cattle subsisted on the grass.”