All were overjoyed, and gazed with thirsty eyes at the country at which he pointed, eagerly awaiting the refuge of the promised shore.

At last they managed to reach it, and made their way out over the heights that blocked their way, along very steep paths, into the higher ground.

Then Thorkill told them to take no more of the herds that were running about in numbers on the coast, than would serve once to appease their hunger.

If they disobeyed, the guardian gods of the spot would not let them depart.

But the seamen, more anxious to go on filling their bellies than to obey orders, postponed counsels of safety to the temptations of gluttony, and loaded the now emptied holds of their ships with the carcases of slaughtered cattle.