Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry : illustrated by numerous plates . They have a second song, varying from the preceding one very slightlyin the tune, and accompanied by the same chorus, but with differentwords. The third and last is the most tuneful of any of their songs. The ter-mination, which is abrupt and fanciful, is usually accompanied by a peculiarmotion of the head, and an expression of archness
Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific : performed in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry : illustrated by numerous plates . They have a second song, varying from the preceding one very slightlyin the tune, and accompanied by the same chorus, but with differentwords. The third and last is the most tuneful of any of their songs. The ter-mination, which is abrupt and fanciful, is usually accompanied by a peculiarmotion of the head, and an expression of archness in the countenancewhich cannot be described by OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. 543 There is only one verse to this song, and that, from its commencing withthe word % pilletay, we supposed to be a begging one. Of the words oftheir songs in general, I cannot, from my imperfect knowledge of their lan-guage, pretend to speak very accurately. From the occasional introductionof the words sledge, canoe, spear, and others of that kind with whichwe were acquainted, it is probable that their own exploits by sea and landorm the principal subjects. The last song is not so often sung as the first,which these cheerful creatures unconsciously strike up every hour in theday, and which seems to beguile the time both to themselves and theirchildren, under almost any circumstances in which they can be placed. Themen seldom sing, and perhaps consider it unmanly; for we never heard thembut at our request, and even then they soon left the women to finishthe ditty. Their province rather seems to be to invoke the muse of thewomen at the games before described.
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