. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . Thors Wonderful Journey when suddenly a great city rosebefore them, on a vast plain, thewalls of which were so high thatthey had to lean back as far as theycould to see the top. A great gate,/ heavily barred, stopped them at theentrance; but they crept betweenthe bars. After going a little dis-tance they came upon a palace, andthe doors being open went in, andfound themselves in a great hall withlong seats on either side, and onthese seats rows of gigantic menlarger
. Norse stories retold from the Eddas / by Hamilton Wright Mabie ; with illistrations in color and decorations by George Wright . Thors Wonderful Journey when suddenly a great city rosebefore them, on a vast plain, thewalls of which were so high thatthey had to lean back as far as theycould to see the top. A great gate,/ heavily barred, stopped them at theentrance; but they crept betweenthe bars. After going a little dis-tance they came upon a palace, andthe doors being open went in, andfound themselves in a great hall withlong seats on either side, and onthese seats rows of gigantic menlarger than Skrymer. When theysaw Utgard-Loke, who was the kingof that country, they saluted him;but he sat for a long time withouttaking any notice of them. At lastsmiling contemptuously he said : Itis tiresome for travellers to be askedabout a long journey; but if I ammistaken this little fellow is Norse Stones Thor. Perhaps, however, you arereally larger than you seem to feats of strength can you showus? No one is permitted to stayhere unless he excels in some diffi-cult thing/* Hearing these words, in a very insuiting
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