the age of child but a short way behind; and be sure to come and see us when you come back again.”  Then the king and Gunnhild bade Olaf farewell.  Then Olaf and his men got on board, and sailed out to sea.  They came in for unfavourable weather through the summer, had fogs plentiful, and little wind, and what there was was unfavourable; and wide about the main they drifted, and on most on board fell “sea-bewilderment.”  But at last the fog lifted over-head; and the wind rose, and they put up sail.  Then they began to discuss in which direction Ireland was to be sought; and they did not agree on that.  Orn said one thing, and most of the men went against him, and said that Orn was all bewildered:  they should rule who were the greater in number.  Then Olaf was asked to decide.  He said, “I think we should follow the counsel of the wisest; for the counsels of foolish men I think will be of all the worse service for us in the greater number they gather together.”  And now they deemed the matter settled, since Olaf spake in this manner; and Orn took the steering from that time. [Sidenote:  They get to Ireland] They sailed for days and nights, but always with very little wind.  One night the watchmen leapt up, and bade every one wake at once, and said they saw land so near that they had almost struck on it.  The sail was up, but there was but little wind.  Every one got up, and Orn bade them clear away from the land, if they could.  Olaf said, “That is not the way out of our plight, for I see reefs all about astern; so let down the sail at once, and we will take our counsel when there is daylight, and we know what land this is.”  Then they cast anchors, and they caught bottom at once.  There was much talk during the night as to where they could be come to; and when daylight was up they recognised that it was Ireland.  Orn said, “I don’t think we have come to a good place, for this is far away from the harbours or market-towns, whose strangers enjoy peace; and we are now left high and dry, like sticklebacks, and near enough, I think, I come to the laws of the Irish in saying that they will lay claim to the goods we have on board as their lawful prize, for as flotsam they put down ships even when sea has ebbed out shorter from the stern (than here).”  Olaf said no harm would happen, “But I have seen that to-day there is a gathering of men up inland; so the Irish think, no doubt, the arrival of this ship a great thing.  During the ebb-tide to-day I noticed that there was a dip, and that out of the dip the sea fell without emptying it out; and if our ship has not been damaged, we can put out our boat and tow the ship into it.”  There was a bottom of loam where they had been riding at anchor, so that not a plank of the ship was damaged. [Sidenote:  The Irish] So Olaf and his men tow their boat to the dip, cast anchor there.  Now, as day drew on, crowds drifted down to the shore.  At last two men rowed a boat out to the ship.  They asked what men they were who had charge of that ship, and