. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 178 EARLY NOUTH-WEST VOYAGES. CHAP. VI, Skin boatSi Native cap- tiVL'a. P-'^ults of Kayak, or Greenliindcr's Canoe. repeated instunces have been given. Their little boats of skin (kayak) were moved by one oar, with a swift- ness which no English sailor could match. The as- tonishment of one of them was very great when he saw himself in a mirror. &qu
. Discovery and adventure in the polar seas and regions [microform] : with illustrations of their climate, geology, and natural history. Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847; Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 178 EARLY NOUTH-WEST VOYAGES. CHAP. VI, Skin boatSi Native cap- tiVL'a. P-'^ults of Kayak, or Greenliindcr's Canoe. repeated instunces have been given. Their little boats of skin (kayak) were moved by one oar, with a swift- ness which no English sailor could match. The as- tonishment of one of them was very great when he saw himself in a mirror. " He was upon the sudden much amazed thereat, and beliolding advisedly the same with silence a good while, at length began to question with him as with his companion ; and finding him dumb, seemed to suspect him as one disdainful, and would have grown into choler, until at last, by feeling and handling, he found the deceit, and then, with great noise and cries, ceased not wondering, thinking that wc could make men live and die at our ; Great signs of mutual attachment appeared between the male and female captives who were b. »ught home on the second voyage. She killed and dressed the dogs for him, and tended him carefully when sick, while he, on the other hand, picked out the sweetest and fattest mor- sels, and laid them before her ; yet they lived entirely as brother and sister, without the slightest impropriety. Our naval records do not inform us of the feelings excited in the nation by the return from this perilous and unsuccessful voyage. The failure of repeated at- tempts, and especially of one gov. up with so much cost, probably produced the usual effect of indifference and despondency. The glittering stone, which was to have converted this northern Meta into another Peru, was never more heard of; a few careful assays having doubtless established its utter insignificance. Frobisher recomm(!nded strongly a trial of the first inlet which he i. Please note t
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