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residence of the superintendent of the colony, which is 

 close to the harbour ; next to that lives the doctor ; on 

 the other side of the stream stands what, for Greenland, 

 is a stately church, and the dwelling of the preacher. The 

 house of the clerks of the colony, some stores, and a small 

 house for strangers, are the only buildings built in the 

 European style ; they are all painted black, but look 

 quite neat with their white window-frames. The remain- 

 ing houses, inhabited by the natives, are partly the old 

 turf huts, and partly a mixture of Greenland and 

 European, as indeed the inhabitants are, too, being 

 mostly half-breeds. These huts have a slanting plank 

 roof; their interior fittings and their whole appearance 

 are Greenlandish : even the dung-heaps are not wanting, 

 though there are exceptions. A high, round-topped 

 mountain, the Starefjeld, overtops the whole, whilst 

 the lower highland (the Harefjeld) juts out as a cape 

 into the sea. The harbour is large and roomy. It is, as 

 a rule, only visited by one ship in a year. 



Long before we had rounded the Harefjeld cliffs we 

 had looked eagerly for the longed-for journey's end. At 

 last, as we rounded the last of them, the colony lay close 

 before us, with the trim brig, the Constance. Our boat's 

 flag was of course hoisted, and it was not long before the 

 Danish colours fluttered from the Constance. Our 

 first visit was to the vessel on whose hospitable deck we 

 were to begin our homeward journey. A happy feeling 

 came over us as, after so long a time, we once more felt 

 the planks of a good ship under our feet. We were 

 received most heartily on board, and the seamen showed 

 much interest in our sad story. 



After having stowed our luggage on and between decks, 



