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[[across double page]] Tuesday July 24/60 [[/across double page]]

announced that they must now depart.
The hour was
Right Sorrowful were all ^[[insertion]] of us [[/insertion]] at the parting of one who had so kindly treated all!  When the Governor, his company & crew were well under way on their return, I asked the Capt to call our Ship's Company astern & give the parting Cheer to the Governor of Holsteinborg.  No sooner asked than done.  The Capt. leading, three [[strikethrough]] us [[/strikethrough]] hearty cheers from [[strikethrough]] us [[/strikethrough]] noble men were given.  The old mountains of Greenland  never echoed sounds that [[underlined]] "welled up" [[/underlined]], from more thankful hearts than them!  To these 3 cheers, the Gov. & all his respond with 3 more. [[strikethrough]] A [[/strikethrough]] We gave one more - the last Farewell!  How reluctantly I turned my eyes from him who had so hospitably received ^[[insertion]] & entertained [[/insertion]] me.  As I told him when taking Gov. B. by the hand for the last time on his desending the Ship's side to depart, so I now pray: 'May Heaven's Blessings
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be upon thee ^[[insertion]] Gov. E. [[/insertion]] forever!' 

A few minutes later, & that portion of the Rescue's crew who had assisted us out & "Otto", one of the Esquimaux Pilots departed - to return [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] for the [[/insertion]] Rescue which was yet in harbor.
Still later & "Lars" - Lars Kleigt - ^[[insertion]] the other [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]]our [[/strikethrough]] Esqu Pilot departed thus leaving us without a Greenlander.  [[strikethrough]] left [[/strikethrough]].
I must not omit to say that some 50 Esquimaux accompanied us out.  Capt. B. feasted them on Coffee & Sea-biscuit - after which they departed, leaving [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] us their good wishes.

After all were gone, I watched the receeding Mountains, especially the one I had mounted on the 14th July (Saturday) all confirmed by Adam Beck, the Esquimaux interpreter of Sir John Ross in 1850-1
At 12 O'Clock midnight the [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] scene was one, such as live forever in the memory of man.  The Northern Sky

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