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 KINGS OF NORWAY. 61 then brought the whole northern district under his saga vii. power, and went in summer eastward as far as the Gotha river, and got all the king's scatt among the islands. But when summer was drawing towards an end he returned north to Viken, and sailed up the Glommen to a waterfall called Sarpon. On. the north side of the fall, a point of land juts out into the river. There the king ordered a rampart to be built right across the ness, of stone, turf, and wood, and a ditch to be dug in front of it ; so that it was a large earthen fort or burgh, which he made a merchant town of. He had a king's house put up, and ordered the building of Mary church. He also laid out plans for other houses, and got people to build on them. In harvest he let every thing be gathered there that was useful for his winter residence, and sat there with a great many people, and the rest he quartered in the neighbouring districts. The king prohibited all exports from Viken to Gotland of herrings and salt, which the Gotland people could ill do without. This year the king held a great Yule feast, to which he invited many great bonders. There was a man called Eyvind Urarhorn, who Chapter was a great man, of high birth, who had his descent Here be., from Easter Agder country. Every summer he went f. ! " s the c o J J history or out on a viking cruise, sometimes to the West sea, Eyvind sometimes to the Baltic, sometimes south to Flanders, and had a well-armed cutter (snsekke) of twenty benches of rowers. He had been also at Nesie, and given his aid to the king; and when they separated the king promised him his favour, and Eyvind again promised to come to the king's aid whenever he was required. This winter Eyvind was at the Yule feast of the king, and received goodly gifts from him. Bryniulf Ulfalde was also with the king, and he re- ceived a Yule present from the king of a gold-mounted sword, and also a farm called Vettaland, which is a Urarhorn.