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with Mrs. Bistrup, so altogether it was no wonder that the 

 governors' house was extremely popular — one was sure of being 

 most hospitably received and agreeably entertained, Mrs. 

 Baumann sang exceedingly well, and all the ladies were well 

 versed in English and American literature ; and I must not 

 forget to mention that the governor possessed an excellent 

 stock of wine and cigars. The talk turned upon the Eskimos 

 and their traits. It seemed that there had been an epidemic 

 raging in some of the small hamlets about, which the gov- 

 ernor attributed to the people eating putrid whale-meat — a 

 delicate morsel among them. Six hunters from Sukkertop- 



MRS. BAUMANN. 



BISTRUP CHILDREN. 



MRS. BISTRUP. 



MISS FAUSBOLL. 



pen had recently gone to an encampment where the epidemic 

 Avas raging, and only two had returned ; the others were 

 stricken down. When well the natives will not listen to ad- 

 vice, and are very improvident ; but when sick they get very 

 much frightened. Death terrifies them exceedingly, and they 



