"fear of shortage next year 1799 on account of the war. Almost nothing could be spared to send us. Green and Peter reached Upernivik on 9 February, having hurried on on account of the former's toothache. Jungmann and Allen arrived there on the 11th; Green wrote on the 13th, and the party was going on the next day, taking Harrigan as well as Pingasut in it. Apparently every- body was well. They caught the south- bound regular mail and saw no reason why they themselves should not reach Holstensborg in time for the April steamer to Denmark. Erik got two white whales this week (?) near Cape York. This indicates much or some of our