As has been pointed out in the chapter on the Flatey Book (p. 137), the expedition of Thorfin Karlsefni must have followed those of Leif and the rest of Eric’s family at a considerable interval of time. Though this has not been generally realized, it is not a mere matter of opinion, but rests upon cogent and conclusive evidence when once the known points of chronology are closely examined. Apart from this, it is evident on consideration that it would involve a very curious coincidence if Karlsefni arrived in Greenland exactly at the time when the efforts of Eric’s sons at exploration were exhausted. It is therefore far more unlikely in the case of Karlsefni than in that of Thorvald, assuming the latter to have conducted an independent expedition, that the landfalls were the same as those made by Leif. If we accept Hauk’s version of the story, Leif’s voyage took place in A.D. 1000, and in any case it cannot have been many years later, while 1020 is as early as we can reasonably place Karlsefni’s expedition. For this reason, apart from any others, it is right to assign to this voyage a separate chapter and independent consideration. _Greenland to Helluland._ Karlsefni’s starting-point, we are told, was not from the neighbourhood of Eric’s home at Brattahlid, but from the Western Settlement (Godthaab), and the ‘Bear Islands’. The latter name was apparently applied to Disko, far to the northward, but it is difficult to suppose that Thorfin sailed so far in the opposite direction to his objective. It is more probable that the name refers to some islands in the immediate neighbourhood of Godthaab. One has only to remember the frequent occurrence of such local names as Bjørnuren, Bjørnlien, in Norway, to realize that nomenclature of this character is often repeated, indeed one need not go outside this saga for an instance of such a repetition (in the neighbourhood of Markland).