. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. VOTAOSa. )f pure fat or creue, luantities, and with This taste was first having sold her oil- 3ty the contents into with her tongue, re- hus as black as soot. 0 ingratiate himself amscl, presented her i in the pound. She le tallow with every nent, after which she h; but the Captain, !es to this delicate t. In preference to ;r in the most enor- time, and two quarts which is
. Narrative of discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history, and an account of the whale-fishery. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. VOTAOSa. )f pure fat or creue, luantities, and with This taste was first having sold her oil- 3ty the contents into with her tongue, re- hus as black as soot. 0 ingratiate himself amscl, presented her i in the pound. She le tallow with every nent, after which she h; but the Captain, !es to this delicate t. In preference to ;r in the most enor- time, and two quarts which is perhaps nc- )od, and which, being lly melted, is a scarce d by a large pack of w solely to pick up gling or defenceless ! animals continued ing with hunger, and which might come rpose they took a sta- sh ips, ready to act night dictate. They hen unarmed, though hrough the gloom in >g was seized, and in 9 wolves broke into and carried off each :, being pursued, one s booty. In the ex- lesitated not to tear ass found lying new KECENT NORTM-WEST VOYAGES. 237. the vessel. A deadly war was therefore waged anainst these fierce animals, of which thirteen were killed in the course of the season, and sent to be eaten by the Esquimaux,—a present which was received wiui much satisfaction. As spring advanced, the attention of the officers was almost wholly engrossed by the prospects of navigation and discovery during the approaching summer. Their Esquimaux neighbours by no means destitute of intelligence, and accustomed to shift continually from place to place, were found to have acquired a very extensive knowledge of the seas and coasts of this part of America. One female, in par- ticular, named Iligliuk, who bore even among her countrymen the character of a " wise woman," was, after a little instruction, enabled to convey to the strangers the outlines of her geographical knowledge, in the form of a rude map. A pencil being put into her hand, she tn^-ed the shore from Repu
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