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its effects. The revealed doctrine was adopted by many of the old Greenlanders, and mere than one hundred and fifty children had been baptized and instructed. All the pleasing pros­ pect arising from the establishment of this new system was now to perish. Commerce was to be interrupted, and these poor people left again to heathenism and ignorance. Egede persuaded ten men to remain with him in Greenland, while he, more assiduously than ever, continued his instructions, deter­ mined not to abandon his pupils. This per­ severance ultimately succeeded, for the follow­ ing year Christian sent him a ship loaded with provisions and men, with an order to pursue his mission, and recommence traffic, but at less expence to government.” The life of this monarch was undistinguished by a single virtue, public or private. The king was a spendthrift, the man a consummate hypo­ crite. We left Hirschliolm for Dronninggaard, a villa belonging to Mr. de Coninclc. This gen­ tleman gives tickets of admission for Wednes-