An Arctic boat journey, in the autumn of 1854 . h hadrecently opened with the tide, and from which werecurling up wreaths of frost-smoke, favored the 2,,6 AN ARCTIC BOAT JOURNEY. illusion. Clusters of little hummocks suggestedherds of cattle and flocks of sheep. Larger masseswere converted into trees ; and a long bank of snow,whose vertical wall threw a dark shadow on theplain, was the margin of a dense forest. Fartheraway, a pinnacled berg became a church with spireand belfry ; another wore the appearance of a ruinedcastle; while still farther to the southwest, wherethe stream seemed to disch
An Arctic boat journey, in the autumn of 1854 . h hadrecently opened with the tide, and from which werecurling up wreaths of frost-smoke, favored the 2,,6 AN ARCTIC BOAT JOURNEY. illusion. Clusters of little hummocks suggestedherds of cattle and flocks of sheep. Larger masseswere converted into trees ; and a long bank of snow,whose vertical wall threw a dark shadow on theplain, was the margin of a dense forest. Fartheraway, a pinnacled berg became a church with spireand belfry ; another wore the appearance of a ruinedcastle; while still farther to the southwest, wherethe stream seemed to discharge itself into the ocean,stood a giant fort, under whose bristling guns lay afleet of stately ships. Around all that I saw were clustered home asso-ciations, and objects which, years before, had sug-gested to my boyish mind the serious purposes oflife; and I turned away with renewed strength tofight the battle through, and with renewed determi-nation to behold again those scenes which my imag-ination had grouped together on the desolate CHAPTER XXIX. PLOTS AND COUNTER-PLOTS. I had not returned from my walk more than twohours, before three Esquimau hunters, with as manysledges, arrived from Netlik. One of them was Ka-lutunah. Their visit seemed to have been promptedby curiosity, for they brought nothing to trade; andthey came into the hut with only two small piecesof meat, which were scarcely more than sufficient tofurnish to themselves a moderate meal. One ofthese pieces was appropriated without ceremony tothe use of our party, notwithstanding that the pro-ceeding was protested against by the hunters, with amultitude of sullen Na! na! na-miks ! Men inour condition were not likely to be deterred by amere verbal negative. An equivalent for the meatwas afterward given to them, and they appeared tobe satisfied. Both pieces were soon cooking. I now repeated to Kalutunah a request which hadbeen made on previous occasions, viz: that his peo-ple should take us upon their sledge
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