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own party, eventually took a prominent part in the 

 evening's entertainment, acquitting themselves with 

 an amount of energy and grace, (?) accoutred as 

 they were in heavy sea boots, that I was little pre- 

 pared to witness. What with the closeness of the 

 apartment and the perfume exhaled by the dancers, 

 we were not sorry to leave the ball-room and reach 

 the open air, though the proceedings did not termi- 

 nate until a very late, or very early hour. 



The settlement of Godhavn (Good Harbour), or, 

 as it is generally called, Lievely, is one of those 

 numerous but small colonies established by the 

 Danish Government along the west coast of Green- 

 land, whence they obtain a large supply of oil and 

 skins, a trade over which they enjoy a strict mono- 

 poly. Each of these settlements is presided over 

 by a Governor, or Chief Trader. These officers are 

 Danes, and are immediately under the rule of the 

 Inspector, who here reigns supreme, and whose 

 word is law. The west coast is divided into two 

 divisions, north and south, each of which is under 

 the superintendence of an Inspector. Lievely comes 

 under the charge of the Inspector of the Northern 

 Division, who so far honours the place as to make it 

 his residence. 



The actual settlement itself consists of some half- 

 dozen wooden houses, a church, and a few native 

 dwellings of primitive construction, which might be 

 more appropriately termed hovels. 



