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mark since I saw liim last spring. In tlie 

 autumn he took Mrs. Olrik and his family to 

 Copenhagen, and has hut just returned alone. 

 He received me with his usual kindness, and 

 promised me such supplies as we require. It 

 so happens that none of my expected business 

 letters have arrived, so that I am not accredited 

 in the slightest degree, nor is there any hint 

 throAvn out as to where I am to take the ' Fox.' 

 Mr. Olrik gave me a large bundle of the ' Illus- 

 trated London News,' which was exceedingly 

 acceptable, and told us that Austria was at war 

 with France and Sardinia. By the latest news 

 a battle had been fought and won by the latter 

 Powers. Most fortunately a ' Navy List ' had 

 come out to Hobson, otherwise I think we 

 should have been utterly brokenhearted. We 

 study its pages daily, and delight in noticing the 

 advancement of our many friends. 



1st Sept., Thursday night. — At sea, on the pas- 

 sage, and already enjoying, by anticipation, the 

 pleasures of home ! Five busy days were spent 

 in Godhavn, supplying our little wants, in as 

 far as they could be supplied, including 100 

 gallons of light beer. The natives were very 

 useful, the men bringing off water, stone ballast, 

 and sand, and a troop of Esquimaux girls scrub- 

 bing the paintwork and the decks. 



