[Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent, 'Cluett' Voyage] 1915-1916
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little settlement on Disko, Ford me (43) If the young man was blue eyed, red haired and rather fair skinned, while another had wavy black hair and the features and skin of an Italian. One of the young women was rather good looking and none was repulsive in appearance. [All topics and growth.] Our engineer had his photograph taken in the act of rubbing noses with (the Eskimo substitute for kissing) the pretty one. She blushed deeply and was at first reluctant to be im- mortalized in this fashion, but the gift of an old, brightly colored neck- tie overcame her hesitancy. The northern portion of Disko and Island is high, its scenery is grand. The shore cliffs are sheer, rising 3,000