CHAPTER XIT. 



KAKSIMIUT. FREDERICKSHAAB. EETUBN VOYAGE TO EUROPE.' 



Farewell and departure. — Visit to the Island of Pardieet. — In Peru 

 IiarboiiT'. — Ilollandenie. — Festive days in Kaksimiut. — Continua- 

 tion of the voyage. — Fredericksbaab. — Copenhagen. 



The 3rd of July was a fine day ; and to my astonisliment 

 I lieard that Captain Bang had decided upon running 

 out. I had still something to look after on shore, but 

 it had to be quickly done. Indeed, the captain and 

 other gentlemen soon followed to say good-bye to the 

 inhabitants of Julianeshaab. Presently the capstan 

 clicked with the raising of the anchor. ISFow we were off 

 in earnest. We took leave of the European ladies of 

 the colony who came down to the harbour, and nodded 

 farewell to the natives. At eleven o'clock the Constance 

 unfurled lier sails, and glided slovfly out of the harbour. 

 The governor of the colony, the doctor, and the pastor 

 escorted us. Above, on the cliffs of the shore, sat the 

 maidens of Julianeshaab, in company dress, but sad ; they 

 nodded farewell to us in their Greenland fashion. They 

 had been shamefully disappointed of their pleasure. 

 Our sudden departure had struck the poor things like 

 a thunderbolt. And as for our men — well, it struck me, 

 too, that they would willingly have waited another day ; 



' By Professor Laube. 



