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there adequate charts or surf - (17)
scientific explicit sailing direc-
tions. Hence, to make this little
harbor in the middle of the night
without a pilot was a remarka-
ble performance and we took off
our hats in acknowledgment
of the captain's skill.
As we came to anchor we
saw a little procession setting
out toward us from the landing
place on the rocks in front of the
diminutive
most pretentious house in the little
village. The line consisted of the
white rowboat of the Royal Danish
Inspector followed by several kay-
akas, or native seal-skin boats, with
one Eskimo in each. The inspector,
whose name is H. Lindow,
is a tall, fine-looking young
dane, named H. Lindow. He