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perhaps, the story of the young Greenlander 

 who was brought to Denmark, clothed, and 

 lodged, and fed as people are there, with nic - 

 ties, compared with Greenland fare. These 

 things he endured so long as nothing else came 

 in his way. But once meeting with a can of 

 whale oil, he took a long draught, and said, 

 ^ How I wish I were in my own country, 

 where I could get as much of this as I 

 pleased !' " 



Oh, what a pity he did not stay there," 

 said Amelia, and then we should never have 

 heard of so unpleasant a meal !" 



I begged pardon for naming the incident ; 

 and was, I believe, speedily forgiven. I then, 

 took the liberty to say, that, after all, there 

 was a wonderful distinction between those 

 customs of men, which shewed a preference 



