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“*Then the sea-kings sailed on, and other shores were found
in the Western Atlantic. In the year 982 a Jarl of Norway
went to Iceland, with his son Eric the Red, and Eric left Ice-
land to roam still farther to the south-west, where he espied a
country which he named Greenland, and made his home at
Eric’s Fiord. Heriolf, one of these early colonists, was a trader,
sailing from place to place in partnership with his son Biorn.

“* Now we shall hear! Biorn, who was a sort of salt-water
pedler, had agreed to meet his father at a certain spot, but
missed him on the open ocean. Lo! a terrible gale arose,
driving Biorn’s vessel like a feather before the wind. The
little craft bounded lightly over the heaving billows, through
sleet and foam—sent far away from the shelter of Greenland,
until the sailors expected that her prow would touch the end
of the world. At last they saw land, a wide region, thick-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 

  

ly wooded. It was a northern cape
of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
“*What do you suppose this stupid