. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. • WAITING TO WELCOME THEM. rus ivory, frozen deer meat, cod, andall kinds of blubber, to exchange fortobacco and coffee. How in the world do they catchcod and seal in the interior? Scottasked. The superintendent smiled as hereplied : Greenland is full of of them you would hardly no-tice from the sea, but the fish find them, and the seal follow the fish formiles among the mountains. Are there any Esquimau villages in this neighborhood ? Roy A TRADER S WIFE. GREENLANDS SELF. 77 There are several small sett
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. • WAITING TO WELCOME THEM. rus ivory, frozen deer meat, cod, andall kinds of blubber, to exchange fortobacco and coffee. How in the world do they catchcod and seal in the interior? Scottasked. The superintendent smiled as hereplied : Greenland is full of of them you would hardly no-tice from the sea, but the fish find them, and the seal follow the fish formiles among the mountains. Are there any Esquimau villages in this neighborhood ? Roy A TRADER S WIFE. GREENLANDS SELF. 77 There are several small settlements that dont amount to much, buttheres one quite extensive winter city a few miles inland, with summerquarters not far off upon a fjord. It will only require three days to goand come. Ill take you out there to-morrow, and you shall see theEsquimau in all his pristine glory, said the superintendent. Three days ! Scott exclaimed. To-morrow! said Roy. Why, we must try to get out of herethis afternoon. Again the superintendent smiled. It will be more than three days, good friends, be-fore you canescape us. Thatice will not breakup before a slept inthe superinten-dents house thatnight, in a roomwith solid woodenshutters to keepout the light, andwhen it was earlymorning by theclock they startedfor the one wasarmed, and eachone carried a stockof provisions and seal-skin clothes upon his back, while a half-dozen dogs, loaded like somany miniature pack-mules, carried the tent and robes. In the summer
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