193

Character of the Icelandic records; misleading associations
with the word "saga" 194

The comparison between Leif Ericsson and Agamemnon, made by
a committee of the Massachusetts Historical Society, was
peculiarly unfortunate and inappropriate 194, 197

The story of the Trojan War, in the shape in which we find
it in Greek poetry, is pure folk-lore 195

The Saga of Eric the Red is not folk-lore 196

Mythical and historical sagas 197

The western or Hauks-bok version of Eric the Red's Saga 198

The northern or Flateyar-bok version 199

Presumption against sources not contemporary 200

Hauk Erlendsson and his manuscripts 201

The story is not likely to have been preserved to Hauk's
time by oral tradition only 202

Allusions to Vinland in other Icelandic documents 202-207

Eyrbyggja Saga 203

The abbot Nikulas, etc. 204

Ari Frodhi and his works 204

His significant allusion to Vinland 205

Other references 206

Differences between Hauks-bok and Flateyar-bok versions 207

Adam of Bremen 208

Importance of his testimony 209

His misconception of the situation of Vinland 210

Summary of the argument 211-213

Absurd speculations of zealous antiquarians 213-215

The Dighton inscription was made by Algonquins, and has
nothing to do with the Northmen 213, 214

Governor Arnold's stone windmill 215

There is no reason for supposing that the Northmen founded a
colony in Vinland 216

No archaeological remains of them have been found south of
Davis strait 217

If the Northmen had founded a successful colony, they