GBEENLAND. 



CHAPTER II. 



FUE^ERIKSHAAB. 



evening was beautiful, and seemed warm and 

 -*- agreeable compared with the previous one. Cau- 

 tiousl}* sailing between the islands, guided by an Eskimo 

 pilot, we reached our destination in the morning, and 

 moored near the Danish brig which had arrived with 

 provisions, &c., for the use of the settlement. We were 

 at anchor in a small cove, flanked on either side by hills 

 600 or 800 feet high. The end of the bay opened to the 

 interior, which, some two or three miles off, was shut in 

 Tby mountains. 



Scarcely was our anchor down before the ship was 

 surrounded by kajaks. Soon numbers of women, girls, 

 and children trooped along the rocks abreast of the ship 



