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Witliout a guide it would have been impossible to have 

 gone any distance, as a thick fog had fallen, which in 

 Greenland happens invariably with the north wind. 



In about three hours we had reached Lichtenau. This 

 is the oldest South Greenland German Mission (it was 

 founded in 1772), "and lies four miles inwards in the 

 Lichtenau Fjord, which stretches thirty-two miles beyond 

 it. On a small half-island, crowned with a rocky plateau, 

 stands the mission and the native village, the huts of 

 which are grouped around the rocks in the form of an 

 amphitheatre. 



The mission-house of Lichtenau is the largest we have 

 seen. Three missionaries work here : Mr. Warmow (as 

 superintendent), and Messrs. Spindler and Kogel. Like 

 that of Friedrichsthal, it is made of wood, and is only one 

 story high. On the ground-floor is a large school-room, 

 kitchen, store-room, and guest-room; up one flight of 

 stairs the friendly and comfortable dwelling of the 

 missionary. A small vegetable garden lies in front of the 

 house. On one side of the road stands the old decaying 

 church, and on the other storehouses and stables. The 

 harbour is very comfortable, and allows the boats to lie 

 steady on the soft sand. As we neared Lichtenau we 

 were at once seen, as the fog had rolled on to the 

 land, and every one ran down to the strand to see 

 the strangers from far distant Europe. Although the 

 greater part of the inhabitants of Lichtenau were out at 

 the seal fishery, there were more at home than there 

 were at Friedrichsthal ; and we were soon convinced that 

 the Greenlander, left to himself, would never appreciate 

 the comfort and advantage of German cleanliness. "VYe 

 were filled with horror at the sight of some old crones, 



