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the instant every rock or point, even when 

 dimly looming through the mist. We were not 

 long in discovering that his absence was a loss 

 to us. 



When passing out to the north of the Koo- 

 kornen islands, the wind suddenly failed, and 

 at the same time a swell from to seaward 

 reached us ; we therefore had considerable diffi- 

 culty in towing the ship clear of the rocks ; for 

 nearly half an hour our position was most 

 critical. 



July 3l5t. — Anchored at Godhaven (or 

 Lievely), in Disco, for a few hours. I presented 

 a letter from the Directors of the Royal Green- 

 land Commerce to the Inspector of North 

 Greenland, Mr. Olrik, authorising him to furnish 

 us with any needful supplies. Our only wants 

 were sledge-dogs and a native to manage them. 

 We soon obtained ten of the former, but were 

 advised to go into Disco Fiord, where many of 

 the Esquimaux were busy in taking and drying 

 salmon-trout, and where some would most pro- 

 bably be -obtained. 



I was much pleased with Mr. Olrik's kind 

 reception of me, and soon found him to be not 

 only agreeable but well informed ; born in 

 Greenland of Danish parents, he is thoroughly 

 conversant with the language and habits of the 



