84 The Settlement of Lievely. 



The two principal houses are those belonging to 

 the Inspector and Governor. They are neat-looking 

 edifices, their interiors being clean and comfortable, 

 denoting in each instance the presence of the fair 

 sex. Next in importance to the Governor is the 

 schoolmaster, who is about five-sixths Dane and 

 one-sixth Esquimaux. In addition to his scholastic 

 duties, he also officiates on Sundays in the little 

 church, except on the occasion of the annual visit of 

 the priest, who resides in another settlement, but 

 who remains with them for five or six weeks every 

 year. The church is a quaint little wooden building, 

 having a small spire, and rejoicing in the possession 

 of a bell ! It contains about sixty sittings, has a 

 small altar at its west end, and a pulpit in a corner 

 at the side, giving one the idea that it had been 

 placed in that position to be out of the way. I 

 noticed a small concertina, to the strains of which 

 the singing is conducted. Having no stove or fire- 

 place of any description, it is not much frequented 

 as a place of worship during the winter. Divine 

 service during those cold months is held in the 

 school-house, which is about half the size of the 

 church, and is heated by means of a stove. The 

 remaining buildings comprise the smitlry, the 

 cooperage, and the brewery, besides a long stone 

 store-house on the opposite side of the harbour, 

 containing the provisions and stores sent out by 

 the American Government for the use of the 

 " Polaris." 



