Life and work of the Rev Peck among the Eskimos . ^ of them, when I entered their dwellings,. PROGRESS 91 would say to me : Thou art good to come to suchloathsome creatures as we are ! referring to theirpeculiarly dirty dwellings and surroundings. Others again would say : This is our father ; hehas come to save us ! Their inquiries about my country and my condi-tion were also sometimes very amusing. Some ofthe ladies were most desirous of knowing whetherI was a married man or not. I remember the blank amaze depicted upon theface of an Eskimo when I told him that in mycountry the sea was no
Life and work of the Rev Peck among the Eskimos . ^ of them, when I entered their dwellings,. PROGRESS 91 would say to me : Thou art good to come to suchloathsome creatures as we are ! referring to theirpeculiarly dirty dwellings and surroundings. Others again would say : This is our father ; hehas come to save us ! Their inquiries about my country and my condi-tion were also sometimes very amusing. Some ofthe ladies were most desirous of knowing whetherI was a married man or not. I remember the blank amaze depicted upon theface of an Eskimo when I told him that in mycountry the sea was not frozen over, and that wehad but little snow. Their manifested surprise when they enteredmy little house, and beheld the many articles theireyes had never looked upon before, was very looking-glass was a source of intense interest aswell as amusement. I remember one unusually grimy party of thisfar from cleanly race entering my little is no exaggeration to say that somie of themwere coated with dirt and grease—wore hides of it. Taking them to the looking-glass I invit
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