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now with the permission of the Government lives a sort 

 of improvised idyl at Igikait. His whole wealth consists 

 of a large herd of goats, which in summer find plenty of 

 nourishment on the green coast. He and his family live 

 in a house constructed exactly like theGreenlanders', but 

 more roomy, and it differed in the interior by being clean 

 and airy. His wife and daughter, like all the people 

 here, except Europeans, wear the Greenland women's 

 dress; the difference, however, is favourably seen in 

 those of European descent, and struck us in these 

 women, for up to this time we had only seen full-blooded 

 Greenlanders. Indeed, Hagen's slim daughter, with her 

 delicate complexion and dreamy northern features, did 

 not look amiss. A son of Mr. Hagen's had a situation 

 in Jvigtuk as trader in the service of the Danish 

 Company. The youngest son was to accompany us in 

 his canoe to Nennortalik, where he was going to be 

 confirmed. 



After our greeting, we did not stay long at Igikait. 

 Hagen had spread his treasures on the shore ; that is, 

 he had prepared a row of tubs full of fresh milk, and 

 invited us in an idiom, composed of Danish, Greenlandish, 

 and broken German to partake of them. Those who 

 wanted any took moderately, and in order to put the 

 poor man to no further trouble, we took a hasty leave. 

 Mr. Gericke remained behind with the people of the 

 mission. It was really a hard moment when we shook 

 hands with him and his for the last time. The good 

 girls could not help weeping, and gave us their hands 

 over and over again. As we sat in the boats and pushed 

 from the shore, they called and nodded after us. We 

 journeyed on; the neighbourhood of Friedrichsthal soon 



