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 244 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA XIV. Chapter VII. OF Sigurd Slembe's campaign. These boats were so light that no ship could over- take them in the water, according to what was sung at the time : — " Our skin -sewed Fin-boats lightly swim. Over the sea like wind they skim. Our ships are built without a nail; Few ships like ours can row or sail." In spring Sigurd and Magnus went south along the coast with the boats which the Laplanders had made ; and when they came to Vaage they killed Swein the priest and his two sons. Thereafter Sigurd came to Yikar, and seized King Sigurd's lendermen, William Skinnar and Thorold Kieft, and killed them both. Then Sigurd turned southwards along the coast, and met Styrkar Glsese- rofa south of Byrda, as he was coming from the south from the town of Nidaros, and killed him. Now when Sigurd came south to Valsnes, he met Swinegrim outside of the ness, and cut off his right hand. From thence he went south to More, past the mouth of the Drontheim fiord, where they took Hedin Hirdmaga and Kalf Kringle-Ouge. They let Hedin escape, but killed Kalf. AVhen King Sigurd, and his foster-father Sada-Gyrder, heard of Sigurd Slembidiakn's proceed- ings, and what he was doing, they sent people to search for liim ; and their leader was John Kanda, a son of Kalf Vrange, Bishop Ivar's brother, and besides the priest John Smyrel. They went on board the ship the lleindeer, which had twenty-two rowing benches, and was one of the swiftest sailing vessels, to seek Sigurd ; but as they could not find him, they returned northwards with little glory : for people said that they had got sight of Sigurd and his people, and durst not attack them. Afterwards Sigurd proceeded southwards along the coast, doing much mischief every where. He went south to Hordaland, and came to Herdla, where Emar a son of Laxe-Paal had a farm ; and went into