[98] Though there are woods at Nain, and were formerly more, it must be remembered that there is an intricate barrier of sterile islands between the coast and the open sea, in and about these latitudes. [99] Cf. Hakluyt, _A briefe relation of the New found lande_:—‘That which we doe call the New found lande ... is an iland, or rather, after the opinion of some, it consisteth of sundry ilands and broken lands.’ [100] It is also possible, as Mr. Hovgaard suggests, that Karlsefni had to sail north to penetrate the ice round the coast. [101] Since writing this, I find that the same emendation has been suggested by Finnur Jónsson. [102] Unless we accept the story told to account for the name, Keelness. Even this would only be a very temporary landing, on the beach. [103] _In Northern Mists_, vol. ii, p. 24. [104] In an article on the fauna of Greenland by Herluf Winge (_Meddelelser om Grönland_, vol. xxi, p. 322), the author cites a list of furs said by Archbishop Erik Walkendorff of Trondhjem (_circa_ 1516) to be obtained from Greenland. Many of the animals therein referred to are not properly attributable to Greenland, and Winge suggests that these skins may have found their way via Greenland to Trondhjem from America. [105] It is perhaps rash for an amateur to criticize the interpretation of an expert, but the numerous ‘ands’ in the early part of the inscription suggest to my mind that the words between them should be names of persons. The stereotyped form for a memorial runic inscription usually begins with a list of the persons responsible for it, separated by ‘and’ (auk = ok). The original, as read by Bugge, runs ‘út _ok_ vitt _ok_ þurfa þerru _ok_ ats’, &c. Transcriber’s Notes: • Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). • Text enclosed by equals is in bold (=bold=). • Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.