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peeled so laudable a design, till, by unwearied industry, they happily succeeded in its com­ pletion. Christian the Sixth, who smiled when he signed a death-warrant, and wept when he gave away a living, departed this life after a short reign, in which he plunged Denmark into an enormous debt. His name is never mentioned, but where his conduct towards the Reverend Mr. Hans Egede, has fixed an inde­ lible stain on it 5 the particulars of which are thus related by Mailing : “ The patriotic Egede had proposed a plan in the life time of Frederick, for emigrating to Greenland, to humanize the inhabitants, and teach them the comforts of religion. To carry this into effect, he resigned a very competent living he held at Vogcn, in the diocese ol Drontheim. The sacrifice of his own com­ forts, however, was simply a prelude to his design; he therefore applied to government for aid, but the country being then in a state of warfare, his project was not attended to. Egede, notwithstanding, persisted on going to