70 XAriKAL HISTORY OF AKCTIC AMERICA. 



other of these drawbacks Avould indefinitely postpone a contemplated 

 journey. At this time I had the use of but one liand, and could not 

 manage a kyack. 



All the islands in the vieir.i'/y of Annanactook are rocky — solid rock, 

 in fact — with extremely scanty vegetation. The shores are generally 

 steep bluffs, and very little beach is exposed at low tide. A lew miles 

 lip the Greater Kingwah, however, are very extensive beaches, and 

 thither all the waders congregated as soon as the ice began to loosen 

 from the shores. After leaving our winter harbor, the Florence made 

 brief stoi)S at different points, but for such short periods that it gave 

 me very little time for explorations. 



After our arrival on the Greenland coast I received very great assist- 

 ance from Governor Edgar Fencker and lady, of Godhavn, through whose 

 kiiuliitss I procured many valuable specimens. I can never forget the 

 kindness and unbounded hospitality of this educated and refined gen- 

 tleman and enthusiastic naturalist. 



To Inspector Ivi-iirup Smitz and lacl^', of Ciodhavn, 1 am under veiy 

 great obligations, not alone for the valuable dtmations of interesting 

 Eskimo implements, but for their unthing zeal in making our sojourn 

 as jdeasant as possible, and the ready and entertaining information on 

 many little known subjects i)ertaining to Arctic matters. 



I was not a little surprised, as well as delighted, to find in Governor 

 Fencker a person ijerfectly familiar with tlie birds of North America as 

 well as Europe. During his eleven years' residence in Northern Green- 

 land he has, of course, added much to the knowledge of Arctic ornithol- 

 ogy, and I was ideased to learn that he contemplated giving the world 

 the benelit of liis observation.-, in an ilhistratt'd woilc on the birds of 

 Greenland. Such a work, embellished with his superb drawings, can- 

 not fail to rank very high among the ornithological literature of the age. 



1 have not the least doubt that future explorations in Cumberland 

 waters will yi«'ld a much richer harvest than [ gathered. Many species 

 will l)e a<lded, esjiecially if the Lake Kennedy region is visited in sum- 

 mer. 



For the l)enelit of any future explorer who may \ isit this section of 

 countrj' I will give what appears to me the best route and manner of 

 reaching Lake Krunedy. A person wintering in CiinilKrlaiid will be 

 very a]>t to be stationed either at Niantilic on the western shore, or the 

 Kikkerton Islands on the eastern, a little fiirther to the north. These 

 points are favorite resorts for Eskimo in winter, and hunting parties 



