372 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
NOTES FROM AN ARCTIC JOURNAL. 
By H. W. Fetupen, F.G:S., C.M.Z.8. 
(Continued from p. 320.) é 
On anchoring in the harbour of Godhavn (called Lievely by the 
English whalers) we found that H.M.S. ‘ Valorous’ had preceded 
us; and shortly afterwards our consort, the ‘ Discovery,’ came in, 
and anchored alongside. The following week was occupied in 
transferring supplies from the ‘ Valorous’ to the two ships forming 
the Expedition; and the opportunity afforded by this delay of 
making myself acquainted with the neighbourhood was utilised as 
much as circumstances permitted, 
The district of Godhavn comprises the southern and western 
shores of Disco Island and the Kronprins Island (Whalefish 
Island), in Disco Bay. In 1870 the number of inhabitants was 
two hundred and forty-five, of whom one hundred and thirteen 
belong to the settlement of Godhavn, which is built upon a low, 
ice-polished peninsula of gneiss, and forms the eastern side of 
the excellent harbour. It is the residence of the inspector of the 
northern districts of Danish Greenland, and, owing to the 
accessibility of the port, has been a favourite rendezvous of 
Arctic Expeditions. Some of the Scotch whaling-fleet, proceeding 
to the Lancaster Sound fishery, annually make a point of calling 
at Godhavn on the way north; so that in addition to the two 
mails forwarded by the regular trading brigs from Copenhagen, 
the Danish officials at Godhavn receive an extra budget of 
news by the Dundee steam-whalers. It was very gratifying to 
find that Mr. Kraérup Smith, the intelligent inspector of North 
Greenland, took great interest in the Natural History of his 
extensive domain. Though overburdened by the duties of his 
office, and the immense amount of extra labour thrown on him by 
the arrival of our Expedition, he arranged a visit for us to the 
cliffs of Uifvak, and with great generosity allowed me to select a 
very considerable portion of his archeological collection, which on 
our return to England was deposited in the British Museum. 
The Danish residents in the Greenland settlements live in good 
wooden houses, the timber of which they are built having been 
brought from Europe. The houses of the natives at Godhavyn are 
considerably modified from the original type of native “igloo;” 
a 
