. Round about the North pole . THE PARKA OF THE ALASKAN INNCITS(the shorter coat is that worn by the men)3 To face page 138 KELLETTS VOYAGE 139 After the dinner party, on the 18th of July, the twovessels started for the north, being joined as soon asthey stood from the anchorage by Robert Shedden inhis yacht the Nancy Dawson, who at his own initiativehad come up from Hong Kong to join in the Wainwright Inlet Kellett sent off the boatsunder Lieutenant Pullen, two of which made thejourney along the northern coast and up the Mac-kenzie, their crews thence making their way home east-wa
. Round about the North pole . THE PARKA OF THE ALASKAN INNCITS(the shorter coat is that worn by the men)3 To face page 138 KELLETTS VOYAGE 139 After the dinner party, on the 18th of July, the twovessels started for the north, being joined as soon asthey stood from the anchorage by Robert Shedden inhis yacht the Nancy Dawson, who at his own initiativehad come up from Hong Kong to join in the Wainwright Inlet Kellett sent off the boatsunder Lieutenant Pullen, two of which made thejourney along the northern coast and up the Mac-kenzie, their crews thence making their way home east-wards to York Factory. When Kellett was about to commence his observa-tions at the inlet he drew a semicircle on the sand fromwaters edge to waters edge, and placed the boatsnoses between its points. The natives seemed tounderstand the meaning of this line. Not one of themattempted to overstep it, and they squatted down andremained perfectly quiet and silent. When a strangerarrived they shouted to him, and he no sooner com-prehe
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