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here in comparison with the waste shores of Greenland ! 

 With pleasure, even in the Sound, did our eyes roam 

 over the banks; and with joy did we greet the neat 

 suburbs and the green trees, which we had not seen for 

 so long. Here, in Copenhagen, were we restored to 

 civilized society; the two captains had gone on shore 

 together; we remained on board. The Constance was 

 laid up in the Train-oil dock. 



It now entered our heads that it was necessary to pay 

 some attention to our outward apioearance ; and our 

 ragged community had a hearty laugh at one another. 

 In our present condition we could not leave the ship, at 

 least not by day, or we should certainly have been com- 

 promised with the police. Some in seal-skin caps, some 

 in " kamiken," ' others in sea-boots, from which the toes 

 protruded, with ragged trousers, and threadbare coats, 

 or Iceland shirts ; thus we returned home. At last 

 Captain Hegemann fetched us away in a fly in the twilight. 

 Our first visit was to a clothing warehouse ; and one 

 cannot blame the owner for trying to protect his goods 

 from us until he had received a certificate from the 

 Consul, which gave him a little more confidence. Then 

 essentially improved in appearance, we drove to the hotel ; 

 even the host seemed surprised at the sight of such 

 unusual guests ; but we were changed for the better, 

 and could walk through the streets of Copenhagen with- 

 out fear of making acquaintance with the police through 

 outward appearance. 



Thanks to the telegraph, the news of our happy return 

 spread from one end to the other of our country, and 



' Kamiken appears to be a Polish word for some description of fur. 

 (Tr.) 



