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European dress, though evidently without the necessary 

 under-clothes ; and comical enough they looked, as they 

 slid down hill-slopes with the rest of their tribe. The 

 population is, moreover, not at all numerous, and exceeds 

 but little that of Kaksimiut. The object of our stay in 

 Frederickshaab was entirely that of baking bread and 

 brewing beer. Brewing beer is in Greenland, in the 

 mission-stations as well as in the colonies, a business, 

 and the beverage produced is very agreeable. The Ger- 

 man missionaries brew white beer, the Danes their much- 

 loved brown beer. Of course, the malt is brought from 

 Europe. A very primitively-erected brewing place is 

 found in every large district, as well as a kneading 

 trough, and both were found here. Brewing and baking 

 were done with most industrious haste ; and so it hap- 

 pened that the bread failed, and the beer turned sour, 

 though through the whole sea voyage both would have 

 to be used. We did not try to make any acquaintances 

 in Frederickshaab, though our own men were soon 

 friendly with the natives, and the customary dance easily 

 arranged ; but they did not seem to be so comfortable as 

 in Julianeshaab. We were invited, through Captain Bang, 

 to the governor's, but did not go, as subsequently there 

 was a death in the house. 



Mr. Hildebrandt had an opportunity of greatly asto- 

 nishing the natives by his cleverness in canoe paddling. 

 As everywhere else, so in the harbour of Frederickshaab, 

 the Constance was continually surrounded by visitors, 

 who, by their odd ways, whiled away the time. 



Matters, however, did not always go so smoothly with 

 the Kajak ; and they often had an opportunity of making- 

 acquaintance with the watery element. Thus it hap- 



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