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CHAPTER II. 



CORDIAL RECEPTION BY THE INSPECTOR — APPEARANCE OF THE LAND- 

 VISIT TO OVIFAK — TEMPERATURE OF DISCO BAT — ICEBERGS — EIDER 

 DUCKS — CROWDED STATE OF ARCTIC SHIPS — RITENBENK — WAIGAT 

 CHANNEL — LAST SIGHT OF THE 'VALOROUS ' — PROVEN — UPER- 

 NIVIK — LEAVE RITENBENK — FASTENING TO AN ICEBERG — SCENERY 

 OF COAST — GEOLOGICAL FORMATION — HANS HE1NDRICH — SANDER- 

 SON'S HOPE — UPERNIVIK — DANTSH OFFICIALS. 



On our arrival on Ju]y 6 at the Danish settlement 

 of Lievely, situated on the south-western side of the 

 Island of Disco, we found the ' Valorous ' at anchor in 

 the outer bay. She had arrived two days previously 

 after experiencing very similar weather to that which 

 we had encountered. On rounding Cape Desolation 

 she had to thread her way through ice-streams, and in 

 so doing slightly damaged the floats of her paddles ; a 

 more distant offing would I think lead a vessel north 

 without any danger from the ice. We were received 

 at Lievely with a salute from the small battery in front 

 of the inspector's house, a courtesy winch I could only 

 return by dipping our ensign. 



At Disco I was much pleased to meet Herr In- 

 spektor Krarup Smith, the governor of North Green- 

 land. Nothing could be kinder or more courteous 

 than his reception of the Expedition, and his anxiety 

 that all our requirements should be provided for. In 



