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the northward, and these are all situated in the 

 Woman group. 



The Governor, Dr. Rudolph, who has resided in 

 Greenland for thirty-five years, collects the produce 

 of oil and skins from the different settlements, 

 rendering an account of everything to the Inspector 

 of the Northern Division. 



He has under his immediate rule over six hundred 

 people, though the population of Upernivik itself 

 numbers only seventy-nine ; out of which latter, 

 eight are Danes, including the Governor, priest, and 

 blacksmith, and their wives and families, the re- 

 mainder being Esquimaux. Like Lievely, it has its 

 church, store-house, cooperage, smithy, &c. ; but, 

 unlike Lievely, has no good harbour in which a 

 vessel could remain with any degree of safety. 

 True, there are always bergs and land-ice to which 

 a ship can be secured, but under these circumstances 

 it is necessary to keep the steam ready for any 

 emergency. 



The scenery about these islands is wild and 

 peculiar, exhibiting alternate patches of bare gneiss, 

 and snow scattered upwards to the summit of the 

 hills, which rise to a height of from one thousand to 

 fifteen hundred feet. 



Friday, June Qth. — Weighed shortly after five 

 this morning, and, still in company with the " Erik/' 

 proceeded towards the north ; passing through largo 

 and extensive streams of loosely-packed ice, and 



