is the chief government official [1/8] for the whole of North Greenland, a district which stretches from Nord Strøms Fjord (lat. 67°30') to Devils Throat (-74°35') at the southern bor- der of Melville Bay, which is the northern limit of Danish authori- ty. The inspector was duly sup- passed with the letter of introduc- tion from the Royal Danish Minister at Washington to the officials of Greenland which the American Museum had procured for me. secured cordial and permission to land was fully for ganted to the vessel's officers and to land myself. The crew, however, could not be allowed on shore nor could any Eskimos be permitted to come on board, because we had no bill of health from our East-