4 Morten P. PorsiLp. 
With the writer was his son Mr. A. E. PorsiLp as “second in com- 
mand” on deck or in the engine-room, as circumstances would require, and 
as botanical assistant in the field. In addition there were two Eskimo 
hunters, the writer’s usual companions on boat trips, and lastly, Master 
Ove STEN PorsıLp, the writer's youngest son, who acted in the capacity 
of “odd-job-boy”. We started from Godhavn on July 6th in the after- 
noon, went, watch by watch, to Sukkertoppen and Frederikshaab, reaching 
Ivigtüt the morning of July 12th. Having visited the cryolite mine, we 
explored the fertile Björnedal the next day, and continued to “Nyboes 
Canal”, in which the boat was trapped, until the next tide mercifully 
released it; we then proceeded to Julianehaab, arriving on July the 16th. 
Leaving the next day, we had two very unpleasant days across Juliane- 
haab Bay, where we were forced to encounter fog, heavy sea, drifting 
ice and the danger of rocks all at once, until we reached Nanortalik 
on July 19th. From there we went through the picturesque sounds of 
Torssukatag and Prins Christians Sund, stopping, because of darkness, 
at Igdlorsuit and arriving at our farthest point, Nunatsuk on the east 
coast, on July 21st. From here we rounded the theatrical Walkendorf 
Islands, explored the fiords around Ilua, and went over Frederiksdal to 
Nanortalik on July 25th. The next days were spent in the Tasermiut Fiord 
and on July 28th we left Nanortalik and went to Agdluitsoq Fiord. 
Having finished there, we passed along Lichtenau and Sydpröven to 
Julianehaab on Aug. Ist. After having prepared and dried our collec- 
tions, we set out, on Aug. 4th, for the Qaqortog and Igaliko Fiords, and 
on Aug. 11th we sailed on our way out of Brede Fiord and Torssukataq. 
When we came out, on the 12th, a strong southerly gale with ugly eddy- 
squalls met us and forced us farther out from the coast, until, after a 
watch of 12 hours, we found shelter at Tigssaluk. Though the next 
day was foggy, we came to Neria, Narssalik and Frederikshaab, and 
continued on the 15th, still with fog, to Avigait, where we stayed for the 
night. The next day being better, we continued homeward and reached 
Godthaab, the capital of Greenland, on Aug. 17th. A few hours later the 
s.s. “Hans Egede” came from Denmark and in it Mr. HauGe, Minister 
of the Interior and as such, the highest official of Greenland, and 
with him Mr. DauGaarp-Jensen, Director of the Administration 
of Greenland. As an inspection of the Danish Arctic Station was 
in their program, the rest of our trip was a race with the s. s. 
“Hans Egede”, with too long watches, until we reached our home on 
Aug. 22nd. 
On this maiden-trip of 48 days the “A. Holck” had been running 
one-third of the time, as shown by the exact figures of her log-book, 
and had covered over 2000 miles. She had experienced nearly all the 
features and surprises an Arctic coast can give, and proved herself 
