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mon sailors from doing their duty. Although it 
blew a gale of wind; so that, in getting about, our 
decks were completely washed by the seas, yet, it 
was done so rapidly, that no one, except Mr. Jor¬ 
gensen, knew the extent of the danger, till we had 
escaped from it. Unfortunately, almost at the 
same time the wind shifted, and we were obliged 
to beat about to the southward for two days, be¬ 
fore we could get round this dangerous reef, which 
was not laid down in any of our charts. At 
Tuesday, length, with more favorable weather, on 
June so. 20 th we entered Faxa-fiord, and 
steered pretty nearly due east, to get into Rei- 
kevig Bay. On our right was a long flat extent 
of land, which is called Guldbringue Syssel, or 
District; from it, rose several insulated moun¬ 
tains, and one of a remarkably conical figure, but 
Wednesday, none of an y g reat height. Early on 
June 2 i. jjjg following morning, as we continued 
our course, other larger mountains came in view, 
on the mist’s clearing away; and, after an interval 
of several hours from the time of our firing the 
signal, we saw a boat, with some pilots on board, 
approach us. We were delighted at seeing some 
new faces, in spite of their nastiness and stench; 
and their grotesque appearance afforded us much 
amusement. I cannot say that I observed any 
thing strikingly peculiar in their features: their 
faces were rather broad, and, as to color, none of 
