[1] See The Story of Harald Hairfair, Saga Library, Vol. III.

[2] Fell is an isolated mountain while fjall is the termination applied to a mountain showing that it is a portion of a group or a range.

[3] FljÓt and Á each mean river but there is the same distinction between them as between river and brook. FljÓt is a large river with broad lake-like expansions and Á is an ordinary stream.

[4] Swinestye is ironical for Swinefell, Swine Hill, the home of Flosi, the man who did the burning.

[5] With the exception of the last records, 1854 and 1913, this data is compiled from the letters of Von Troll, Upsala, Sweden, 1777.

[6] Through fires placed under deceitful ashes.

[7] This was Baron Axel KlinckowstrÖm, of Stockholm, a member of our scientific corps.

[8] About seventy-five per cent. of the molluscs that lived at this period of the world’s history are represented by living species to-day.

[9] Heimskringla, Vol. I, Chap. LXXX.

[10] Ibid.