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tant tliirty-three from Thorshavn, where our people were still 

 twenty-three miles from Eide ; and as they never remain 

 from home over night, they had to complete a journey of se- 

 venty-nine miles without rest, and almost in the constant ex- 

 ercise of the oar. From their knowledge of the tides, they 

 are enabled to take every advantage of the current ; but in a 

 voyage of this extent, it was impossible to have it always 

 favourable ; we were therefore more than once stationary for 

 upwards of half an hour ; the utmost exertion of the crew be- 

 ing barely sufficient to prevent the boat being carried back 

 with the stream, in turning some of the headlands we had to 

 pass. About eight in the evening we reached Thorshavn, 

 where, after resting an hour, our crew left us to return home, 

 and arrived there at two in the morning, having performed 

 their voyage in nineteen hours, including stoppages, an 

 exertion which may appear incredible but to those who saw 



it. 



By this rapid and successful voyage, we retraced in three days 

 nearly all our former excursions, and, besides, accomplished our 

 visit to the northern islands. We were now fully satisfied, we 

 had nothing new to expect by extending the period of our stay, 

 and nothing now remained worth examination, except the island 

 of Suderoe, which, lying in the course of our return, we expec- 

 ted to stop at after our final departure from Thorshavn ; but 

 in this we were unfortunately disappointed. 



We were likewise satisfied with the supply of minerals we 

 had obtained. We had made a splendid collection of zeolites, 

 of every variety, except analcime, of which I was rather sur- 

 prised not to have seen a single specimen in the country, ex- 

 cept one solitary crystal, which was found among the debris at 

 Waaij. Since our return, however, I have procured a very 

 magnificent specimen of this substance from Kollefiord in 



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