IN JULIANESHAAB. 239 



and unmolested, however, we were not to return home. 

 As we were half-way in the Fjord the sky clouded over, 

 and it began to rain, and also the boat very decidedly to 

 rock; and the idea of stopping at some place on the 

 bank, roofless and unprotected, having to wait for 

 better weather, was seriously entertained. But it cleared 

 again ; and, after a fourteen hours' journey, we pulled 

 up alongside the Constance. "We found her in the har- 

 bour quite blocked up with ice, which had come in with 

 the current, being a bad omen for our speedy release. 



The day after my return from Igalliko Fjord, I had an 

 opportunity of making the acquaintance of a very amiable 

 man. He was, too, the only Dane who of his own accord 

 offered us help and support. Pastor Anton. He had 

 just returned to Julianashaab from an official circuit. 

 As this included every Danish settlement in South 

 Greenland to Cape Farewell, and northwards to Cape 

 Kaksimiut, it could not be effected under some weeks. 

 In the smaller settlements of Greenland there is now 

 a certain degree of order and management in the 

 matter of religious worship. A catechist, a native, 

 who has received his education at the seminary at 

 Gotthaab, looks after the native school and devotional 

 services : Europeans generally attend to their own fami- 

 lies. At the best part of the year the pastor arrives; 

 and during his stay children are baptized, weddings 

 blessed, the Holy Communion administered, the grown 

 up youth are prepared for confirmation, and admitted in 

 the religious community ; graves, too, are not forgotten 

 by this shepherd of souls. All outlying places are visited, 

 and then he returns to his own station. The return 

 journey in the hide-boat, often in unfavourable weather, 



