CHAPTER XI. 



IN JULIANBSHAAB. EXCURSION TO IGALLIKO.' 



Julianeshaab. — Unfriendly behaviour of the Governor of the Colony. — 

 Missionary Draxler. — Shelter on board the Constance. — Visit to 

 Dr. Gundlaek. — Greenland leather-work. — A ball. — Excursion up 

 the Igalliko-Fjord. — Northman ruins. — The Egede family in Igal- 

 liko. — Peculiar customs. — Inspection of the plan of the Northman 

 buildings. — Geological observations. — Return. — Pastor Anton. — 

 Lake near Julianeshaab. — Ou the Store fjeld. 



Julianeshaab is situated in 60° 43' N.L. and 46° 1' W.L. 

 (Greenwich) ; a group of islands, some of larger, some of 

 smaller circumference, lies in front of the real continent. 

 The colony lies in a small Fjord, and you are only aware 

 of its existence when you are near to it. Julianeshaab is 

 the most southerly Danish colony, as well as the most 

 southerly point which can be reached by large vessels. 

 The small outlying towns — Nennortalik, South and East 

 Proven, and so on — are only visited by small coasting 

 vessels. Founded about the end of the last century, 

 Julianeshaab first rose in the present one to be a colony. 

 From the term colony, in regard to Julianeshaab, one must 

 not form too great expectations. On either bank of a 

 stream, the outlet of a lake which lies half an Enghsh 

 mile inland, the settlement is built along the harbour on 

 the slope of a mountain. The centre is occupied by the 



' By Professor Laubc. 



