HOLSTEINBOHG. 15ft 



when the low qnack of a coming flock of ducks brought 

 us back to material things that we were reminded thai 

 the game-bag was not yet full. 



The next day being Sunday, we had, as usual, divine 

 service on the lower deck, after which I went on shore, 

 as the sound of the bell told that the time for service 

 approached. 



u It was a little church, and plain, almost 

 To ugliness, yet lacking not its charm." 



Groups of Eskimo women and children were walking 

 quietly thither as I landed, and, when I reached it, it 

 was almost full. 



After dinner, taking a walk over the rocks, I had a fine 

 view of the sea and its countless islands. It was indeed a 

 lovely maritime landscape, out of the power of better 

 pencils than mine to depict. In the evening there was a 

 halo round the sun that is, a circle of light 45 in 

 diameter, with the sun for a centre, and the mock sun on 

 either side, on a plane passing horizontally through it. 

 This phenomenon is dependent on the reflection of the 

 solar rays from small snow crystals, with which the air is 

 often loaded in these northern climes. 



Returning from my walk late, I remained on shore, 

 and supped with the governor. The priest, his wife, and 

 the two assistants joined us. We partook of an excellent 

 repast, consisting of venison, dried salmon, ptarmigan, 

 and other delicacies, which seemed strangely out of place 

 in this secluded spot. 



