the scarcely accessible rocks of the West-
mann’s Isles, where Ingulf* pursued and
slew them.
Iceland is said to have been so entirely
overgrown with thick forests of biich, that
whenever the settlers had occasion to make
excursions into the country, they were forced
* The spot where Ingulf’s remains were interred is
pointed out to this day, and is known by the name of
Ingulfshaugur : g Ce tombeau, qui consiste en une
grande butte, peut ê tr e . tu distinctement du canton
; il a deux cents toises de' circonférence, et paraît
comme un tertre naturel formé de gravier, de
pierres, et en partie de la roche même. Il n’est point
invraisemblable que cet Ingulf soit enterré ici, la
raison qu’ on en donne, toute singulière qu’ elle est,
le confirme; Ingulf a ordonné, dit on, qu’ on le fit
enterrer au sommet de cette montagne, afin de pouvoir
dans l’autre vie, promener librement ses regards
sur une vaste étendue du pays qu’ il avait conquis ;
ce qui s’accorde fort bien avec les idées superstitieuses
des pavens du mord. L’évèque Brynjulf Svend-
sen, qui aimait beaucoup les monumens antiques, se
transporta sur cette montagne, accompagné d’un des
meilleurs poètes de l’islande, qui, sur la demande de
l ’évêque, composa sur le lieu un chant en honneur
d’Ingulf ; l’évêque e t s a société y élevèrent en même
temps, de leurs propres mains, des pierres qu ils y
trouvèrent, une pyramide, à la mémoire d’Ingulf.
to open passages with the axe. The coasts
did not appear to have been at all times
without inhabitants, though there is great
reason to suppose that they were only casual
visitors; and, from various little utensils which
were found belonging to Christian worship,
that they were of that religion. Are Frode
observes, in the Landnama Saga, that these
people were called, by the Norwegians, Pa-
par; in whom seem to have originated the
names of Papa-sound, in Norway, Papey,
in Iceland, and Papay Stronsay and Papay
Westray, in the Orkney Isles. The eastern
coasts of the island were the most frequented
by the Papar*, who are by many
supposed to have been Irish priests, who
labored to convey the blessings of Christianity
among many of the northern nations.
So great was the number of Norwegians
who now followed Ingulf, in order to escape
* The word Papa, or Pope, has not always been
applied to the head of the Romish church, but was in
ancient times given to all bishops; and it is only
since Gregory vir. that it has been appropriated to
the bishop of Rome. — See Jortin’s Ecclesiastical History.
v. 5. p. 64,