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Artificer, who afterwards came to Copenhagen, did extract a good deal of pure Gold. The honeſt and well-meaning Commander, who went upon this Adventure, was turned out of Favour, and out of Grief died ſoon after: whereby not only the Treaſure they had brought home, but alſo the Knowledge of the Place, where it was to be found, was intirely loſt, as he kept this a Secret to himſelf.

1654. A Ship was ſent by one Muller, which brought home three Women.In the Year 1654, during the Reign of King Frederick the IIId, a noble and wealthy Adventurer, by name Henry Muller, fitted out a Ship for Greenland, under the Command of David de Nelles; who arrived ſafe in Greenland, and brought from thence three Women, whoſe Names were Kunelik, Kabelau and Sigokou; who, according to the Opinion of Biſhop Torlais, (who had peruſed the ſaid Captain's Journal) were taken in the Neighbourhood of Herjolſneſs, on the Eaſtern Shore, as Thormoder Torfæus pretends; but which I can't be made to believe: My Opinion is,
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