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at the strangers, had vanished ; and they seemed, on the 

 contrary, to take much pleasure in the intercourse with 

 our people. We, too, were introduced to the society of 

 Julianeshaab. Dr. Gundlack invited us to coffee. Our 

 kind host, who during the day had trudged about in 

 heavy wooden shoes and long fur-lined coat, with a long 

 pipe and a broad flop-hat, through the colony to his 

 patients, or visiting friends, seemed not at all put out at 

 our primitive dress. There we sat in a motley row, with 

 three European ladies (a very silent elderly one and two 

 young ones), and kept up a conversation. That same 

 day Captain Hegemann signed the passage-contract with 

 the Danish official, and now there seemed no obstacle in 

 the way of our homeward journey. 



But the weather would not change. An ashy grey fog 

 enveloped the mountains, and the rain poured down with- 

 out intermission. We had, therefore, nothing to do but 

 to get rid of the time. The German missionaries were 

 still there, and with them we passed some pleasant hours. 

 But the next day separated us. The weather improved, 

 and our friend hastened to his destination. The small 

 fleet, with men, women, and children, and all the bag- 

 gage, pulled up by the Constance once more, and our dear 

 countrymen parted from us, sending many greetings to 

 those at home. We much wanted to take some Green- 

 land products home with us. The people in Julianeshaab 

 were much more accessible to trading than the southern 

 settlers, and also we had more time and opportunity to 

 get acquainted with them ; so we soon found a woman, 

 who, for a certain sum, was ready to sew us some shoes. 

 The dwelling of this woman and her daughter differed 

 advantageously from the surrounding Greenland houses. 



