July, 1857. DANISH ESTABLISHMENTS, GREENLAND. 19 



The Esquimaux are not subject to Danish 

 laws, but although proud of their nominal inde- 

 pendence they are sincerely attached to the 

 Danes, and with abundant reason ; a Lutheran 

 clergyman, a doctor, and a schoolmaster, whose 

 duty it is to give gratuitous instruction and relief, 

 are paid by the Government, and attached to each 

 district ; and when these improvident people are 

 in distress, which not unfrequently happens 

 during the long winters, provisions are issued 

 to them free of cost; spirits are strictly pro- 

 hibited. All of them have become Christians, 

 and many can read and write. 



Have we English done more, or as much, for 

 the aborigines in any of our numerous colonies, 

 and especially for the Esquimaux within our 

 own territories of Labrador and Hudson's Bay ? 



Greenland is divided into two inspectorates, 

 the northern and southern ; the inspector of the 

 latter division. Dr. Rink, had arrived at Frede- 

 rickshaab upon his summer round of visits only 

 the day previous to ourselves. He came on 

 board to call upon me, and after Divine Service 

 I landed, and enjoyed a ramble with him over 

 the moss-clad hills. Our first meeting was in 

 North Greenland in 1848 ; we had not seen 

 one another since, so we had much to talk 

 about. Dr. Rink is a gentleman of acknow- 



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