[181] That is, they fled into their abodes.
[182] The location of this place will be discussed in the Minor Narratives.
[183] This was the teredo, which is often so destructive, and which caused Columbus to abandon a ship at Puerto Bello, because he could not keep her afloat. See Irving's Columbus, p. 287.
[184] This was truly in accordance with the noble spirit of the great Northmen, who had no fear of death, which to heroes, is the shining gate of Valhalla.
[185] This is one evidence that history was cultivated in Greenland.
[186] Here the writer is correct. See note 2, p. 51.
[187] See page 52.
[188] The same bay referred to in the previous account, and which lay between Point Gilbert and Isle Nauset. Archer, in his account of Gosnold's voyage, says, that when they rounded Point Care, the extremity of Isle Nauset, "We bore up again with the land, and in the night, came with it anchoring in eight fathoms, the ground good." Here it will be seen that the Northmen lay safely for three days.
[189] In the first account it is called a Kiafal.
[190] The agreement with the first account is substantial.