. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. merciless wounds inflicted by them. In the afternoon an oomiak, or womans hoat, came along-side, rowed by Esquimaux girls. There were in the boat twomothers, with their babies, and ten young women. They hadbeen out gathering fuel,* and called upon us on their way back. The accompanying illustration of an Esquimaux woman andchild is a fac-simile of a wood-cut drawn and engraved by a Green-lander named Aaron, living near Godhaab, who has received nobetter education than the generality of his countrymen. About 2 of this day our consort, the
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. merciless wounds inflicted by them. In the afternoon an oomiak, or womans hoat, came along-side, rowed by Esquimaux girls. There were in the boat twomothers, with their babies, and ten young women. They hadbeen out gathering fuel,* and called upon us on their way back. The accompanying illustration of an Esquimaux woman andchild is a fac-simile of a wood-cut drawn and engraved by a Green-lander named Aaron, living near Godhaab, who has received nobetter education than the generality of his countrymen. About 2 of this day our consort, the Rescue, hove in sight,and, as the wind was almost gone, boats were sent to help her went in one of the boats, pulling an oar, and, after rowing a dis-tance of some miles, got on board of the schooner. By that timeit was calm, and the stillness of evening had approached. Anotherboat, containing Smith, and the noble, good-hearted Esquimauxpilot, called Lars Kleijt, had joined us, and there we were, in real* A dwarf shrub—Andromeda [iiic-?iniii(- <fa wood-cut executed by oo Bequunsnx] ESQUIMAUX DANCE ON SHORE. 63 whaling fashion, towing the new arrival into harbor. Four boats,of beautiful form and finish—two white, with blue gunwales, andtwo green—were in a line ahead of the Rescue, pulling her along,while the merry Voices of our men resounded upon the still wa-ters, and were echoed back from the bold mountains in answeringglee. It was a pretty sight as witnessed from the schooners deck,and one to be often remembered. Otto, a pure-blooded Esqui-maux, stood at the wheel to steer us in, and all hands besides, ex-cept the cook, were in the boats. At midnight wc came to an anchor within a couple of stonesthrow of Government House. Both Otto and Lars Kkijt were reckoned such good men andice pilots that every confidence was placed in them. I asked thelatter, What for—meaning how much— you go to West Land(King Williams Land) with me? His answer was, My moth
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