. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . table gentleman, well read in the natural sci-ences, and an acute observer. In a few minutes wewere seated by a ponderous stove, and in a few morediscussing a hot Eider duck and a bottle of Latour. Upon commencing my negotiations as to furs, theobject of my journey, I learned that the reindeer donot abound on the island of Disco as in the days ofCrantz and Egede; though to the south, about BunkeLand, and the fiords around Hols
. The frozen zone and its explorers; a comprehensive record of voyages, travels, discoveries, adventures and whale-fishing in the Arctic regions for one thousand years . table gentleman, well read in the natural sci-ences, and an acute observer. In a few minutes wewere seated by a ponderous stove, and in a few morediscussing a hot Eider duck and a bottle of Latour. Upon commencing my negotiations as to furs, theobject of my journey, I learned that the reindeer donot abound on the island of Disco as in the days ofCrantz and Egede; though to the south, about BunkeLand, and the fiords around Holsteinberg, and to thenorth of the Waigat, they are still very , by drumming up the resources of thesettlement, we obtained a supply of second-hand latesummer skins; and with these, aided by the seal, soonfitted out a wardrobe. Of Disco, save its Esquimaux huts, its oil-house, itssmith-sliop, its little school, and its gubernatorial man-sion, I can say but little. It is the largest circum-navigable island on the coast of Greenland. Its longdiameter is from the northwest to southeast, and itseastern edge is in a continuous line with the coast to. inspectors house, lievely. -?*- M/^ iOt •;5-<i V v ^ Jl,..^ -^--^ <*^\^ AMONG THE BERGS.
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