PREFACE. 



This account is substantially a translation of "Ethnologisk Skizze 

 af An2ma2salikerne", which was written in 1885 after the return 

 of the Expedition from East Greenland, and was printed in "Med- 

 delelser om Grønland", Vol. X; but it has been supplemented by 

 several particulars which are not given in the Danish text, as 

 having previously been mentioned in "Beretning om Konebaads- 

 Expeditionen til Grønlands Østkyst 1883 — 85", or in other papers 

 in "Meddelelser om Grønland", Vol. IX and X. I have also in the 

 present description made several minor additions. 



PREFACE OF THE FIRST (DANISH) EDITION WRITTEN 



IN 1887. 



The draught of the following "Ethnological Sketch of the 

 Angmagsalik Eskimo" , was written by me at Angmagsalik in the 

 spring of 1885, with the assistance of Mr. Hans Knutsen. We had 

 in this work the advantage that when we were not certain of the 

 correctness of our views in various respects, we were able to confer 

 Avith the people themselves through the medium of our excellent 

 interpreter Johan Petersen, just as we were thereby enabled 

 constantly to supplement our observations by making enquiries of 

 the native population. 



Almost the entire content was written in my diary little by little, 

 according as we became acquainted with or witnessed the various 

 episodes as well äs many minor traits in the lives of the natives. 

 The whole of this ethnological sketch of the Angmagsaliks must 

 accordingly be regarded as our immediate and direct impression of 

 the people among whom we lived. 



Dr. H. Rink, our great authority on the Eskimo, has been 

 obliging enough to look through the manuscript and make his 

 comments on it. This has been of great advantage to me, as I 

 have thereby been enabled to explain some of the actions of the 

 natives by giving the motives, or I have modified my account of 

 certain events, but I have not been able to make any changes of 



