Scandinavian-Britain

20 SCANDINAVIAN BRITAINthe peopled and settled land of the Beormas orPerms.Oht-here makes it a month's sail, stopping everynight, from his home to Sciringshall, and six days thenceto Heath-by. His account of his own wealth is noteworthyhe;had 600 rein-deer he had bred or caught," unbought," as he says, 6 stale or dec9y deer, 20 headof neat and the same number of sheep and swine.He has horses, too, which he uses for ploughing, arare thing in those days, but how many, he or KingyElfred forgets to tell us.A border warfare, probably chiefly carried on bythe outlying Northern settlers, Neams, Throwends,and Haloga-landers, against the Cwsens, a tribe ofFinnish affinities, is also spoken of by Oht-here.He says the Cwaens used to bring their light boatsup on to the inland lakes of the Scandinavianpeninsula.And voyages like Oht-here's were not singular cases.The Story of Kings Heor and Half, found in Are'sLandnama-b6c as well as appended to the later HalPs-Saga and Sturlunga-Saga, tells how a king of theRugians and Haurds went warring on the land of theBeormas or Perms, and wedded the Beorm king'sdaughter, Lufina. We also hear of a Tryst ofKings, held apparently at regular intervals somewherein the south of the Scandinavian land, probablyby the Gota-river mouth, a very ancient meetingplace.Such trading journeys and forays, identical in objectgain, like our adventures in the days of Elizabeth