Four hours later the ship was in a smooth sea with the sun shining brightly.
The bunch of bananas that were taken for father were now getting so ripe that they must be eaten, and it was AH-NI-GHI´-TO’S delight to take an armful on deck and divide them among the sailors. Some of them had never eaten them before.
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A few days later the first stop in Greenland was made at Godhavn, the capital of the country. Just outside the harbour the pilot, an Eskimo in his tiny skin canoe or kayak, met the ship and was hoisted on board, canoe and all. Here Captain Sam expected to get some seal-skin clothing which had been ordered for AH-NI-GHI´-TO’S father.
“The Pilot in His Skin Canoe”
The sun now shone throughout the twenty-four hours, so there was no night at all.
