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ing liis heart with gossip, and giving scope to his tongue 

 one day in the year. 



The following day was Sunday. With the Green- 

 landers, to whom every day is Sunday, that does not 

 mean much ; but the men of the Constance thought of 

 one particular pleasure. Here, too, through the Danes, 

 our sailors soon became intimate with the inhabitants ; 

 and the festival of Julianeshaab had to be repeated. For 

 this there was the more opportunity, as the merry 

 Motzfeld would certainly put no hindrance in the way. 

 In the afternoon he came on board. He had donned his 

 holiday suit, a velvet frock and a high silk round hat, 

 which in Greenland means something. The two captains 

 and myself he invited to dinner. At first, remembering 

 his Greenland domestic economy, I gave no direct con- 

 sent; besides which, we were sorry to be a burden to a 

 man not over richly stocked with European provisions. 

 But Captain Bang persuaded us to accompany him, 

 assuring us that only roasted meat, and no boiled, would 

 appear at table ; moreover, that Motzfeld was so well 

 off, that he could afford to give us a glass of wine : so 

 we accepted the invitation. This time we were received 

 in the European house, our host's wife and widowed 

 daughter, Agatha, doing the honom^s ; they had adorned 

 their persons in order to receive us, had combed their 

 hair, and washed their faces. Motzfeld experienced " the 

 noble pride of hospitality," and offered all that his desert 

 island had to offer ; the other half of the goat sent to us 

 roasted, stewed fruits, bread and butter, wine and grog. 

 In drinking he took the lead, and scolded us because 

 we did not properly respond. Meanwhile matters had 

 become lively in the other room. The fiddles squeaked. 



