. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. n and myself,but the men were quickly called up to ward off the threateneddanger. On came the ice, directly toward the ship. A portionstruck the cable, and strained it till the metal tinkled like , a projecting point of Coopers Island partly arrestedthe entire floe of ice, and thus broke the shock; yet the strainupon the ships cable was intense. Men were ordered to get overthe bow on to the floe with chisels and other implements, to cutaway that portion pressing upon the chains, which was done aft-er some hard work. But we fu
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. n and myself,but the men were quickly called up to ward off the threateneddanger. On came the ice, directly toward the ship. A portionstruck the cable, and strained it till the metal tinkled like , a projecting point of Coopers Island partly arrestedthe entire floe of ice, and thus broke the shock; yet the strainupon the ships cable was intense. Men were ordered to get overthe bow on to the floe with chisels and other implements, to cutaway that portion pressing upon the chains, which was done aft-er some hard work. But we fully believed the ship was drag-ging her anchor, and at this precise moment, lo! the immortalRescue was seen, like the ghost in Hamlet, emerging from themist, and moving on from near Coopers Island straight to thevery spot where she had been at anchor when overtaken by thehurricane which had wrecked her. The instant she was discov-ered, an exclamation burst from the crew that the very acme ofbad luck seemed to have reached them! They never could do. any thing until that curse was out of sight! Indeed, some of the TV expressions used about her were much stronger, and certainly, to 340 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. others less interested in the Rescue than myself, her appearance sooften, and apparently in such mystic form, was enough to causeannoyance, if not actual superstitious dread. All through that night great vigilance was needed in guardingthe vessel, for the ice pressed tremendously upon her, and in themorning men were again at work cutting the floe. Finally theysucceeded in separating a part that strained most upon the cable,and thus we escaped the greatest danger. On July 28th, in the morning, I went over to Whale Island andbrought Tookoolito on board, to continue the work begun sometime previous of getting up a vocabulary of the Innuit of theseregions for collation with Parrys, compiled on his second voyageup Hudsons Straits. Tookoolito was very serviceable in ga
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