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lie, iiini'c r;i|i;ililc (if iiiakiiiL;' the iimsi (if 

 liie. 



His family ((Hiiiii-iM's his wife, a 

 <'ai)al)it'. lunthcrly woman who iimliuihl- 

 <'(llv has hccii Ills stroiiL;- sii[)|i()i-l in all 

 his uii(l('i'Iakin,^s : ihi'cc sons, of whom 

 two are alino>t ready to eninplotc ihcii- 

 courses in the university at Copen- 

 hagen, while the youngest, liis fathei-"s 

 ]iet. lias not yet left home; and a daugh- 

 ter, who thus far has heen taught l)y 

 her father and mother, in Greenhiml. 

 To liis children llerr I'nrsild is as kind 

 und imlulgeiit as he can well ]h\ hut he 

 maintains a just and rigorous disci- 



jlliut'. 



Fru I'orsild manages her household 

 as thoroughly and scientifically as the 

 nuister does his station. Her guests are 

 made to feel at home from the moment 

 they enter her door until they leave. 

 She keeps an Eskimo cook and an Es- 



kimo maid, hotli «d' whoiu she has care- 

 fully trained. J^skiuu) girls arc quick 

 to learn when tactfully instructed, and 

 those in i-'ru PorsihVs service are very 

 ellieieiit. 'i'ho Daues say that the Es- 

 kimo women cannot he e.vcelled as 

 nni'semaids. With the aid of these two 

 i']skimos. i-'ru i'orsild is ahle to kee}) 

 her home as (lean and orderly as if she 

 wwr in iJenuuirk, the land of scrupu- 

 lously kept homes. 



'i'hc three hoys are splendid fellows. 

 Of the two in the university at Copen- 

 hagen, tlu' elder, 'i'horbjorn, has fol- 

 lowed in the steps of his father, taking 

 up botany as his particular subject; the 

 younger. Erling. is studying to become 

 a merchant. The youngest, the baby of 

 the family, not yet seven years old, is 

 the joy of his father's heart. Thor- 

 bjorn expects to take up his father's 

 work some time as director of the sta- 



J'li(,l(i(jniiih hij Mort.tn P. Pnrsild 

 The motor boat "Clio Borealis" of the Danish Arctic Station, lying in front of the glacier Eqip Ser- 

 mia, 69° 45'. In this motor boat Herr Porsild has traveled far up and down the west Greenland coast 

 during the years he has been engaged in Arctic study and exploration 



