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work unqualified and the failure, and they were forced to abandon is long ago, Lustend
of the res worst markanday vias " an of improvement, the Dames another seemed to it characterize became the worst the vices I of offsprings the generation- Estains of such and an
eting in
- unions;
ther for the astimos home governmentismands a trealy mth other nations
The esging are immoral and necessary for
harthy with the special with abject of protecting the natives from intercource
between themael and visitors to their shores+
It has here found
imporsible to elevate or airlige these nations residents to any marked degree
and if. a chies is born to any of the Danish they do not dare to
let it grow to maturity in the country of its with, as children borm
reared in Greenland invariably acquire the mode in of life and hahits of
the Eskmus x This is indeed a sad feature of the life of the few whites
who reside in there for away regions.t visible
the chiffs and mountains Cacross the little Hartor, from the
settlement, facinated me greatly and many times did I mish I mire an
artict that I might reproduce them.
In the morning ur all must one of the officials houses Government to gat our
Fun clothing which was funished to us by the Danish (coat) and
had fehn writing for us several marks. Timeack, seal Sken trousers, Kamides
all made from the anctic seal mth the hair out-side - the Timiack is
(loots)
provided mth a hood and is put on by kulling the greament our your bead like a shirt
Ither did a little trading which resulted in my heary the owner of a pair of
seal skin Kamicks, slippers, Cafo and a small seal skin mat. also a
tay Kyack 4 canaez by the School teacher- the natives as a whale ask
not as Quite bright looking and thrifty as thoughout Halsteinborg+ the oder
of whale oil and number permitas the atmosphere everywhere.
21 Eskins dogs were attained here, and some army good ones. This gives no a grand
total of 64 handing successes +
after Dimen See proposed that ur climb the mountain big chff apposite A the
Ice-Cap which plan, could havily Shiseen crowning the summit + me did not make
public am trip but taking our ribles, me were round over to the other side of the
Hartor by a couple of Huskies, paying them with small monies and was soon
clambering up the mauntain side, me met Doctor Carr who where
out on a hunting trip a game seemed to he issues scarce m put in our time tay in
shooting for about an hour, and then leaving them m continued on our may +
Later m more joined by Swain who accompanied ma for anhile and then he lifh
for other parts, and m commenced our Fourney in dead Envest The first step incline
was of mass-covered rocks which was easily accended. after coming about 1/2 mile
of m this then echangecteristic, came to the exection thama so great that frequent resto mere necessary.
froar constantly nalling on passed Thus to the slakes flow after ma had
and a sent much steeper incluie of law rocks and penbles loosened by the
or ashe anttoon me climbed thirsty this state for about an hour, we become just about examsted
K dis count a temafortunation we divided and Engyys is hugely + m then
were my and
loose reached rock a very step portion of the but cliff comfosed as ^ the sloke below of Small
the summit which was offered rook the ant poor footing Homuer, m had got so for, and
then kating make a mere mun determined To to rinch the tapt m moned stand up straight and
m ^ so near that, although us me taken back by this new soot of Tranding
machine m moned gugn, a cloud of graval and rocks rallangi down how no mth a asound in so the doing like
send some portion or Bunder that looked sacid, but
ranced, they by mand wordward a to the lomet states that m did not m the least Eusing + In this my me a ad
Address making in cloue much from place to to place, and rock to working suddenly we
after a
the proximity a deep crevice so changed our camed nound and
to night to avoid it m could Rec atone us the craps and famous
pinnacle roo
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