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with pulmonary tuberculosis, some with tuberculosis of 

 the bones, nearly all with some form or another, few of 

 them with hope of ever becoming strong, well-developed 

 men and women. 



The summer was half gone when the ice began to go 

 out. Every day we watched for the ship, but it was 

 not until mid-July that Inspector Lindow of Godhavn, 

 the chief magistrate of northern Greenland, picked me 

 up when he made the rounds of his inspectorate in his 

 motor-boat; and after taking me on a visit to Uper- 

 navik. Proven, and Nuksuah, carried me to Godhavn, 

 where I stayed with Manager Porsild, director of the 

 Danish Arctic Station. For a month I reveled in 

 the treasuries of Herr Porsild 's splendid library and well- 

 equipped laboratory, and of the interesting flora of the 

 hot springs area near the village. As everywhere else 

 along the coast, I found at Godhavn the exquisite 

 courtesy and generous hospitality that characterize the 

 Danes throughout Greenland. In mid-August I bade 

 good-by to the kind people of the little village and 

 steamed away. With the arrival of Captain Bartlett 

 in the Neptune my stay in the Northland was ended. 



