. The Arctic whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean: being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen .. . he hut is cov-ered and blackened with it. When one comesto clear air and breathes, there will be seen avolume of darkened vapor going forth from hisnostrils and mouth. These lamps are burning nearly all the time,and especially when the days are short, and dur-ing the long night of darkness in midwinter. Neither the smoke from the lamps, nor thequality of food we had to eat, nor the manner ofeating it, nor constantly observing the filthy hab-its of the natives, was all the degrad
. The Arctic whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean: being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen .. . he hut is cov-ered and blackened with it. When one comesto clear air and breathes, there will be seen avolume of darkened vapor going forth from hisnostrils and mouth. These lamps are burning nearly all the time,and especially when the days are short, and dur-ing the long night of darkness in midwinter. Neither the smoke from the lamps, nor thequality of food we had to eat, nor the manner ofeating it, nor constantly observing the filthy hab-its of the natives, was all the degradation we feltand experienced. With the strictest propriety it can be said thenatives were loaded with vermin ; and yet as in-different, apparently, to such a condition, as if itwere the most trivial circumstance in the , they appeared to enjoy the presence ofthe innumerable hosts that swarmed in all partsof their huts. Their persons, garments, skins inthe huts, sleeping apartments, &c, were literallyalive with them. The misery of such a statewe have neither words nor heart to attempt Polar Bears. NINE MONTHS IN THE ARCTIC. 127 CHAPTER VII. Health of the Natives. — Their Diseases. — Captain N. prescribes aRemedy. — Their superstitious Notions. — Mr. Osborn prescribesfor the Sick. — A fatal Case. — They surround Mr. O. with threat-ening Gestures. — Native Remedy for Nose Bleeding and SoreEyes. — Burial Ceremony. — Marriages. — General Appearance ofthe Natives.—Their Character. — Their Habits of Industry.—Property. — Language. — Icebergs. — Their Formation. — TheDistance to which Icebergs float. — Their Magnitude. — Field Ice.— The sudden Disappearance of Ice. — How accounted for. —Icy Vapor. — Poisoning. THE HEALTH OF THE NATIVES. So far as we could learn, they had the usualshare of health with other communities. A goodproportion of them reached an advanced age inlife; and some, we should judge from their ap-p
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