At the game-board I am skilful; Knowing in no less than nine arts; Runic lore I well remember; Books I like; with tools I’m handy; Expert am I on the snow-shoes, With the bow, and pull an oar well; And, besides, I am an adept At the harp, and making verses. Kali was frequently with his kinsman Sölmund, the son of Sigurd Sneis. He was treasurer at Túnsberg, and had estates at Austragdir. He was a great chief, and had a numerous retinue. CHAPTER L OF KALI AND GILLICHRIST. WHEN Kali was fifteen winters old, he went with some merchants to England, taking with him a good (cargo of) merchandise. They went to a trading place called Grímsbœ (Grimsby). There was a great number of people from Norway, as well as from the Orkneys, Scotland, and the Sudreyar. Kali met there a man who was called Gillichrist. The latter asked Kali about many things in Norway, and spoke chiefly with him, so that they became companions. Then he told Kali in confidence that his name was Harald,[315] that Magnus Barelegs was his father, and his mother was in the Sudreyar. He further asked him how he would be received in Norway if he came there. Kali said that he thought King Sigurd would be likely to receive him well, if others did not set him against him. Gillichrist and Kali exchanged presents, and at parting they promised each other mutual friendship wherever they might meet. CHAPTER LI OF KALI AND JON. AFTER that Kali went from the west in the same ship. They touched at Agdir, and from there they went to Biörgvin (Bergen). Then he made a stanza:— Unpleasantly we have been wading In the mud a weary five weeks. Dirt we had indeed in plenty, While we lay in Grimsby harbour; But now on the moor of sea-gulls Ride we o’er the crests of billows, Gaily as the elk of bowsprits Eastward ploughs its way to Bergen.