over the valley, a giant named Thorir, under whose
protection he remained. Grettir called the valley after him Thorisdal.
He said that Thorir had daughters with whom he had some play, and that
they were very pleased, because not many people came there. And when the
days of fasting came Grettir remembered to tell them that fat and liver
should be eaten in Lent. Nothing particular occurred that winter, and
Grettir found it so dull that he could not stay there any longer. He
left the valley and went to the South through the glacier, reaching the
middle of Skjaldbreid from the North. There he took up a stone, cut a
hole in it and said that if a man put his eye to the hole he could see
into the gully which flows out of Thorisdal. Then he went across the
country South and reached the eastern fjords. He spent the summer and
the winter on this journey and visited all the great men, but found them
all against him so that nowhere could he get lodging or shelter. So he
returned to the North and stayed in various places.

CHAPTER LXII. HALLMUND IS KILLED BY A FOREST-MAN NAMED GRIM

Soon after Grettir had left the Arnarvatn Heath there came a man there
named Grim, the son of a widow at Kropp. He had killed the son of Eid
of Ass, the son of Skeggi, and been outlawed for it. So there he stayed
where Grettir had been before him and got plenty of fish out of the
lake. Hallmund was not at all pleased at Grim being there instead of
Grettir, and said that he should have little advantage from his great
catches of fish. One morning Grim had caught a hundred fish, which he
brought to the hut and arranged outside. The next morning when he went
there every fish was gone. He thought it very strange, but returned
to the lake and caught this time two hundred. He carried them home and
arranged them; again everything happened as before; in the morning all
were gone, evidently through the same agency as before. The third day he
caught three hundred, carried them home and kept a watch on his hut. He
looked out through a hole in the door to see if any one came, and so
he remained for a time. When about one third of the night had passed
he heard some one walking near and stepping rather heavily; so he
immediately took his axe, which was very sharp, and wanted to know what
was the matter. There came a man with a big basket on his back; he put
it down and looked round, but saw no one outside. He rummaged about
among the fish and seemed to think th