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spreads over the surface of the water like oil. 

 Bills of fare vary much, even in Greenland. 

 I have inquired of Petersen, and he tells me 

 that the Greenland Esquimaux (there are many 

 Greenlanders of Danish origin) are not agreed 

 as to which of their animals affords the most 

 delicious food ; some of them prefer reindeer 

 venison, others think more favourably of young 

 dog, the flesh of which, he asserts, is "just like 

 the beef of sheep." He says a Danish captain, 

 who had acquired the taste, provided some for 

 his guests, and they praised his mutton! after 

 dinner he sent for the skin of the animal, which 

 was no other than a large red dog ! This 

 occurred in Greenland, where his Danish guests 

 had resided for many years, far removed from 

 European mutton. Baked puppy is a real deli- 

 cacy all over Polynesia : at the Sandwich 

 Islands I was once invited to a feast, and had 

 to feign disappointment as well as I could when 

 told that puppy was so extremely scarce it could 

 not be procured in time, and therefore sucking- 

 pig was substituted ! 



Idth. — A heavy southerly gale has increased 

 the ice movements ; happily we are undisturbed. 

 As Young was seated under the lee of a hum- 

 mock, watching for seals to pop up to breathe, 

 the strong ice under him suddenly cracked and 



