444 LIBERALITY OF THE DANISH GOVERNMENT. 



navik with visiting a magnificent glacier nine miles 

 wide, which discharges into a fiord named Aukpadla- 

 tok, about forty miles from the town. Near this gla- 

 cier there is a hunting-station of the same name 

 which is superintended by a Dane, called Philip, who 

 lives there in the enjoyment of peace and plenty, with 

 an Esquimau wife and a large family of children, 

 among whom are four full-grown half-breed boys, — 

 the best hunters, I was told, north of Proven, My 

 surveys detained me several days at Philip's hut, and, 

 before I left, I had made full arrangements with him- 

 self and his seal-skin-coated boys and his wife and 

 daughters, to make sledges, for which I gave them 

 abundant materials, and fur-clothing, and skin-lines ; 

 and I engaged them to rear and accumulate dogs 

 for me, that I might be well supplied when I came 

 back the next year. 



After leaving Upernavik, light and baffling winds 

 kept us at our old trade of dodging the icebergs for 

 four days, at the end of which time we were at an- 

 chor in Goodhaven, and I was enjoying, as I was sure 

 to do, the courteous hospitality of my old friend, In- 

 spector Olrik. 



This settlement is situated on the south side of 

 Disco Island, and takes its name from the excellence 

 of the harbor, which is completely land-locked. It is 

 the principal colony of North Greenland, and, being 

 the residence of the Viceroy or Royal Inspector, has 

 attached to it an air of importance not belonging to 

 the other stations. 



Mr. Olrik exhibited to me an order from his Gov- 

 ernment, commanding the Greenland officials to give 

 attention to my requirements, and ofiering me at the 

 same time as well his official as personal good offices. 



