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of the celebration. Among other things,
we had salmon from Konggaard-
Loesnaah and roast venison
from near Oomany to eat.
For drinks we had Danish kummel,
French Santene and some Spanish
sherry and coffee. A speech
was made by Dr Wueff, the reply
to which fell to me to make.
We did not fail to drink a
toast to our absent home friends
who could not know how com-
fortable a time we were having
in the far North. Those present
were Dr Wueff, Captain Hansen,
messrs Rasmussen, Koch, Niel-
sen (mate) and myself; also
Navrara and Sophie.
We
had a very good time, but separ-
ated early to get back to our va-
ried work.
2 April - Monday. A beautiful
day, and accommodating way,
Masaq and Nootkapingway
were and Lizzie got away a-
out soon for Esk. The first
two had good loads of sugar