. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. erof the Secretary of the Admiralty, received us with ahearty English welcome; and all the officials, indeedall the inhabitants, vied with each other in efforts toadvance our views. I purchased here a stock of freshbeef, which, after removing the bones and tendons, wecompressed into rolls by wrapping it closely with twine,according to the nautical process of marling, and hungit up in the rigging. After two days we left this thriving and hospitablecity; and, with a noble team of Newfoundland do
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. erof the Secretary of the Admiralty, received us with ahearty English welcome; and all the officials, indeedall the inhabitants, vied with each other in efforts toadvance our views. I purchased here a stock of freshbeef, which, after removing the bones and tendons, wecompressed into rolls by wrapping it closely with twine,according to the nautical process of marling, and hungit up in the rigging. After two days we left this thriving and hospitablecity; and, with a noble team of Newfoundland dogs onboard, the gift of Governor Hamilton, headed our brigfor the coast of Greenland. We reached Baffins Bay without incident. Wetook deep-sea-soundings as we approached its axis,and found a reliable depth of nineteen hundred fa-thoms : an interesting result, as it shows that theridge which is known to extend between Ireland andNewfoundland in the bed of the Atlantic is depressedas it passes farther to the north. A few days morefound us off the coast of Greenland, making our waytoward FISXERNAES. CHAPTER II. FISKERNAES THE FISHERY — MR. LASSEN — HANS CRISTIAN — LICHTENFELS SUKKERTOPPEN. We entered the harbor of Fiskernaes on the 1st ofJuly, amid the clamor of its entire population, assem-bled on the rocks to greet us. This place has an en-viable reputation for climate and health. Except j^er-haps Holsteinberg, it is the dryest station upon thecoast; and the springs, which well through the mosses,frequently remain unfrozen throughout the year.*^^^ The sites of the different Greenland colonies seemto have been chosen with reference to their tradingresources. The southern posts around Julianshaab and •21 22 THE FISHERY. Fredericstahl supj^ly the Danish market mth the valuedfurs of the saddle-back seal; Sukkertoppen and Hol-steinberg with reindeer-skins; Disco and the northerndistricts with the seal and other oils. The little settle-ment of Fiskernaes rejoices
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