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however, was rich in them. In all probability, the deep 

 Fjord in the neighbourhood of this colony, had been, in 

 the time of the Northman settlers, thickly peopled. In 

 Julianeshaab itself, the Danish officials could tell us a 

 good deal; for they pride themselves much on these 

 monuments of their ancestors, and repeatedly offered to 

 show us the ruins of the Church of Kakorlok near 

 Kakorlok Fjord, though in the meantime they did not 

 at all help us to profit by their invitation. We had, 

 therefore, to ask for a boat and provisions. From the 

 moment we went on board the Constance, we had given 

 up all claim to our own, the possession of which had in 

 reality gone over to the Danes. It was very hard for us 

 to ask our hosts for anything they did not offer, and thus 

 the Norse ruins remained unvisited. From the Hare^'eld, 

 however, I examined them with the telescope, and even- 

 tually I had an opportunity of making acquaintance with 

 this ancient monument. 



A store of fresh meat is not easily obtained in 

 Greenland ; and some we wanted for the voyage. 

 In the Igalliko Fjord, on the very spot where Erick 

 Rauda's (the first Northman settler's) house is said to 

 have stood, there now Hved a Greenland family, which 

 — the only one in the country — bred cattle. There, 

 according to Captain Bang's opinion, we might hope 

 to get some meat. 



A boat journey must, therefore, be made to it. The 

 Danish sailors had very Httle desire to pull a good 

 forty miles to Igalliko; our people on the contrary 

 were ready enough to take to their oars for another day 

 or two ; so the crew was soon fixed upon, and I accom- 

 panied the party. 



