. 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 . ters, from the Court ofDenmark, he had most hospitably proffered everythingfor our accommodation. Feeling that our dogs would require fresh provis-ions, which could hardly be spared from our supplies onshij)board, I availed myself of Mr. Lassens influenceto obtain an Esquimaux hunter for our party. Herecommended to me one Hans Christian, a boy of nine-teen, as an expert with the kayak and javelin; andafter Hans had given me a
. 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 . ters, from the Court ofDenmark, he had most hospitably proffered everythingfor our accommodation. Feeling that our dogs would require fresh provis-ions, which could hardly be spared from our supplies onshij)board, I availed myself of Mr. Lassens influenceto obtain an Esquimaux hunter for our party. Herecommended to me one Hans Christian, a boy of nine-teen, as an expert with the kayak and javelin; andafter Hans had given me a touch of his quality byspearing a bird on the wing, I engaged him. He wasfat, good-natured, and, except under the excitementsof the hunt, as stolid and unimpressible as one of ourown Indians. Bidding good-bye to the governor, whose hospital-ity we had shared liberally, we put to sea on Saturday,the 10th, l)cating to the northward and westward inthe teeth of a heavy gale. On the 16 th we passed the promontory of Swarte-huk, and were welcomed the next day at Proven bymy old friend Christiansen, the superintendent, andfound his family much as I left them three years. iAfertNiD TO AN ICEBERG.
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