| To men the beneficent runes came through the same god who as a child came with the sheaf of grain and the tools to scandia. |
| Not just three of them, like there were at scandia Crossing, but more than four whole blocks! |
| The balance of the equipment was sent on the scandia, as there was not sufficient room on the Rio Janeiro. |
| Bea had never before been in a town larger than scandia Crossing, which has sixty-seven inhabitants. |
| Olaf Swenson, the big blond fellow from the scandia fiords, came and flung himself down by Grantline. |
| Four were sent on the scandia, the remaining twelve on the Arizona. |
