Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . Cook. loomery. At five oclock, we reached the island andfound the waves breaking so high on its steep androcky shore that it was impossible to land the Faithwith any degree of safety to her. So sailing arounda point we came upon so
Northward over the great ice : a narrative of life and work along the shores and upon the interior ice-cap of northern Greenland in the years 1886 and 1891-1897, with a description of the little tribe of Smith Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the Saviksue or great Cape York meteorites . Cook. loomery. At five oclock, we reached the island andfound the waves breaking so high on its steep androcky shore that it was impossible to land the Faithwith any degree of safety to her. So sailing arounda point we came upon some perpendicular cliff^s whichin some places seemed to overhang. These cliffsfaced the west, and it was in the clefts here (withwhich the walls were well furrowed) that we foundthe guillemots resting in large numbers. We stoppedhere long enough to procure a few birds, but foundmuch difficulty in picking up the birds, which would io6 Northward over the Great Ice fall at the foot of the cliffs, on which the waves werebreaking with much force. So I decided to look fora suitable camping spot, when I could lighten theboat, and then return for more birds. We foundsuch a place around the point where the cliffs termin-ated, and on a smooth, shelving rock facing thesouth-west. We unloaded the Faith and proceededto cook breakfast, after which we returned to the loom-. ESKIMO IGLOO, NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND. Rear View. Photo, by Dr. Cook. ery. By eight oclock, we had gathered about fortybirds, averaeins: more than one bird to the cartridge, inspite of the fact that we were unable to get much overseventy per cent, of the birds killed, as they wouldfall on the little projections of rock on the cliffs andthere lodge. Our method of picking the birds upafter they had fallen in the water was as follows :after having dropped as many as we could keep trackof, the gun was put down, and two men would thenback the boat up to the cliffs, while another wouldstand by to fend off with a boat-hook, and the
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