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Greenland, Hans Egede found no trace of his Norse 

 countrymen wlio had settled there hundreds of years 

 before. The remains of them had been absorbed amongst 

 the natives. 



Mr. Rosing, who welcomed us kindly to his house, 

 informed us that he had authentic news that the brig 

 Constance had reached Julianeshaab. He regretted at 

 the same time that he had not heard of us before, as 

 shortly before our arrival he had sent a boat to Julianes- 

 haab, which could have announced our arrival there. 

 Now, he maintained, there was little prospect that the 

 Constance would take us with her ; for having a 

 second Greenland journey to make this summer, she would 

 only unload and put to sea again ; that she had been 

 much hindered by the ice, and therefore her stay in 

 Julianeshaab would consist of only a few days. Further, 

 Mr. Rosing affirmed that we could not reach the colony 

 in time to accompany her. He consoled us with the 

 prospect of Ivikiit, a station lying sixteen miles north 

 from Julianeshaab in the Arsut Fjord, where generally in 

 summer several ships come to load with Kryolite.^ The 

 prospect of a long boat voyage, however, did not please 

 us. What should we do now ? After a short consulta- 

 tion, we formed our resolutions. As the boat had already 

 left Nennortalik, we had to look out for another, natu- 

 rally our eyes fell upon Jonathan. At the same time we 

 begged Mr. Rosing to write to the superintendent of 

 the colony, and ask him to assure us a passage in the 

 Constance. Mr. Rosing was willing, and Jonathan 



* A mineral peculiar to this locality, produced from soda, a kind of 

 clay much used in dying, from which Aluminium [? Alumina. — Tr.] 

 and other products may be extracted. 



