CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Departure. — "Rescue" Schooner. — Names of Crew.— Outfit. — Sea-sickness. — First 

 Sight of Whales. — William Sterry. — Banks of Newfoundland. — Storm at Sea. — 

 "Sulphur Bottoms." — The first Iceberg. — Visit to one. — The Danish Brig Mari- 

 ane. — Past Experiences of Scurvy. — Death and Burial of Kudlago. — Fourth of 

 July at Sea. — Halibut and Codfish. — First Meeting with Esquimaux. — Native Pi- 

 lots. — Ephraim's Pants. — Midnight Sun. — Arrival at Holsteinborg Page 31 



CHAPTER II. 



Land and Visit the Governor. — Brief History of Greenland. — The Holsteinborg Dis- 

 trict. — Esquimaux and European Population. — Protection and Care of the Na- 

 tives by the Danish Crown. — Plagues of Greenland. — Musquitoes. — Trade and 

 Barter. — A Yankee outwitted by an Esquimaux. — Dinner at the Governor's. — 

 M'Clintock's Work. — The Priest's Wife. — Visit the Government Buildings. — Ar- 

 rival of the Rescue. — Lars's Care for his Family. — Dance on Shore. — A Mountain 

 Excursion. — Rocks crumbling to pieces. — Action of Freezing Water in Crevices. 

 — Sundays' and Esquimaux Amusements. — Greenland Festival. — Schools and 

 Printing.— Dr. Rink 49 



CHAPTER III. 



Visit of Governor Elberg to the Ship. — His Pleasure at American Progress. — Adam 

 Beck. — Another Mountain Ascent. — The" Woman's Hood." — A grand Scene. — 

 Ball on board Ship. — Sun's Eclipse. — Danger to Ship and Boat in a Gale. — Cu- 

 rious Esquimaux Feats. — Mishap to the George Henry's Windlass. — A stirring 

 Picture. — Kind Assistance of the Governor. — Preparations for Departure. — Let- 

 ters Home. — Leave-taking. — Final Adieus. — Farewell to Holsteinborg 71 



CHAPTER IV. 



Crossing Davis's Straits.— Sea-sickness again.— "Perpetual Motion."— Changing 

 Appearance and Movements of Icebergs.— Beautiful Sunsets and Morning Skies. 

 — Refraction.— Nature on a Spree.— Distorted Moon.— Mountains "hanging on 

 a Thread."— God's living Arches.-— " Merrie Dancers" in the Sky.— Approach to 

 Land. — Fogs. — Another Gale. — Desperate Party of runaway Seamen. — Horrible 

 Tale of Starvation and Cannibalism.— Anchor in Kowtukjua Harbor 83 



CHAPTER V. 



Visited by the Natives. — Brief Account of some of them. — A very aged Woman. — 

 Oo-ki-jox-y Ni-noo. — A numerous Family. — Ugarng and his thirteen Wives. — 

 Ebierbing and Tookoolito.— Kudlago's Widow, Kok-er-jab-in.—" Blind George." 

 — Excursion on Shore. — Anecdote of the Greenland Dogs. — Beautiful Scenery. — 

 How Nature splits huge Rocks.— An Alabaster Cave.— Arctic Food.— First Taste 



