20 A SUMMER IN GREENLAND 



heard of the disablement of the boat belonging to 

 the Arctic Station in which we had made our first 

 trip. We proceeded round the south and west 

 coasts of Disko Island to Hare Island (see Map B\ 

 thence to Upernivik Island, across Umanak Fjord 

 to the island of Umanak and from there we coasted 

 along the north shore of the Nugssuaq Peninsula, 

 calling at many places to collect specimens, and 

 round to the south coast which is separated from 

 Disko Island by the Vaigat, a strait about eight to 

 ten miles in breadth and ninety miles long. Navi- 

 gation in the Vaigat is not always easy; sudden 

 squalls are frequent; there are very few parts of 

 the rocky coast, most of which is uninhabited, 

 where shelter or good anchorage can be obtained, 

 and icebergs are often inconveniently numerous 

 (Fig. 10). After calling at Jakobshavn and other 

 places on the mainland we returned to Godhavn, 

 which we finally left on the 'Hans Egede' on 

 Sept. 6. Throughout our wanderings we were 

 everywhere received with friendliness and most 

 willingly assisted both by Danish officials and by 

 Greenlanders. 



On disembarking from the ship's boat at the 

 small landing-stage of a Settlement we were 

 greeted by a happy and curious group of natives 

 and at the larger Settlements also by some of the 

 Danish residents, by whom we were hospitably 

 entertained. The European residents keep open 

 house when a ship is in harbour and a cordial 

 welcome is given to foreign visitors. Though much 

 of the food used by the Europeans is imported 



