ABOARD THE TRAMP-SHIP FULTON 



pany, Mr. Nils Jagt, I had already met as a guest 

 of Dr. Rasmussen in Copenhagen, and as soon as 

 the anchor was let go, his secretary came aboard 

 with a courteous note apologizing that because of 

 a lameness he could not himself greet us at once and 

 requesting the names of the members of the 

 party. These were furnished and soon after- 

 wards there came personal invitations for all of 

 us of the expedition, as well as the captain and 

 mate, to attend a dinner at the Ivigtut Club House 

 the same evening. We were just a little amused 

 by the dress indicated as suitable. In the corner 

 of the card was the penned word, "Smoking", 

 which on the continent of Europe means "dinner 

 coat". 



By chance my personal trunk had been on top 

 in the hold of the Nakuak and it came out without 

 a wetting, but I was the only one provided with 

 the proper garment. I decided to wear a black 

 sack suit, and we had some difficulty in fitting out 

 our company with proper garments, which were 

 at least reasonably clean. Suit-pressing estab- 

 lishments had not been available along our route, 

 and our clothes had been slept in since leaving 

 Camp Lloyd. Hassell and Cramer had only what 

 was on them when flying, but I was able to loan 

 Hassell a coat. 



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