39 PURCHASING ESQUIMAUX DOGS. Chap. II, 



little settlement of Proven during tlie night, 

 and obtain a few dogs and dogs' food. This 

 morning we reached the extreme station of 

 Upernivik, the last trace of civilization we shall 

 meet with for some time. It is in lat. 72| N. 

 Here Petersen resided for twelve of the eighteen 

 years he has spent in Greenland, and his un- 

 looked-for reappearance astonished and delighted 

 the small community, more especially Governor 

 FHescher and his household, who received us 

 with a most hearty welcome. 



7M. — Yesterday, when we hove to off Uper- 

 nivik, the weather was very bad and rapidly 

 growing worse, therefore our stay was limited 

 to a couple of hours. The last letters for home 

 were landed, fourteen dogs and a quantity of 

 seal's flesh for them embarked, and the ship's 

 head was turned seaward. 



It was then blowing a southerly gale, with 

 overcast murky sky, and a heavy sea running. 

 When four miles outside the outer island, break- 

 ers were suddenly discovered ahead, only just 

 in time to avoid the ledge of sunken rocks upon 

 which the sea was beating most violently. Many 

 such rocks lie at considerable distances beyond 

 the islands which border this coast, and greatly 

 add to the dangers of its navigation. Being now 

 fairly at sea, and the ship under easy sail for 



