. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. y was, Am-a-su-ad-lo (a great, great many). His fa-ther, when a boy, had seen them there all the same. Had heardhis father often talk about them. Some of the pieces of iron were very heavy, so that it was asmuch as the strongest Innuit could do to lift them. Had often made trials of strength, in competition with otherInnuits, in lifting. It was quite a practice with the young mento see who was the strongest in lifting the heavy -stone (Innuitsso call the iron). On the point of another island near by, an oo-mi-ark-chu-a(ship) was once built by
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. y was, Am-a-su-ad-lo (a great, great many). His fa-ther, when a boy, had seen them there all the same. Had heardhis father often talk about them. Some of the pieces of iron were very heavy, so that it was asmuch as the strongest Innuit could do to lift them. Had often made trials of strength, in competition with otherInnuits, in lifting. It was quite a practice with the young mento see who was the strongest in lifting the heavy -stone (Innuitsso call the iron). On the point of another island near by, an oo-mi-ark-chu-a(ship) was once built by kodlunas (white men) a great many,many years ago—so the Innuits of a great many years ago hadsaid. I took from the boat a little bag which contained some of thecoal that I had gathered up with my own hands at Niountelik,and asked him if it was like that he had seen. He said, All the same. I then asked him where it came from. His reply was, He supposed from England, for he had seen thesame kind on English whaling vessels in Northumberland K MORE NEWS OF THE FROBISIIER RELICS. 381 This information I obtained from the old man; and I couldnot help noticing how closely it corresponded with that given tome by Ookijoxy Ninoo some months before. The whole interview was particularly interesting. I felt as ifsuddenly taken back into ages that were past; and my heart trulyrejoiced as I sat upon the rock and listened to what the old mansaid of these undoubted Frobisker relics. After this interview with Artarkparu, we started at 2 -±5 the coast, closely examining its features, and noting downevery thing of importance which we saw. The land was bold andhigh, with much of the iron-rust-look about it. Scarcely any veg-etation was perceptible. Numerous islands bordered the coast;and, as I looked across the outer waters, it seemed as if a completechain stretched across the bay to Kingaite. On reaching the spot which we selected for our eighth encamp-ment—Cape Stevens*—I
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