. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 . reach, his remainswere interred by us to prevent its being devoured by foxes. Beforeleaving Felix Harbour the surgeon procured the skull, whichT intended for the Phrenological Society, but which was one of themany valuable specimens of natural history which was of necessityleft behind when we abandoned the ship at Victoria Harbour—hiseyes were black and very small; his hair, of which I have preserveda specimen, was grey approaching to white,
. Narrative of a second voyage in search of a north-west passage, and of a residence in the Arctic regions during the years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833 . reach, his remainswere interred by us to prevent its being devoured by foxes. Beforeleaving Felix Harbour the surgeon procured the skull, whichT intended for the Phrenological Society, but which was one of themany valuable specimens of natural history which was of necessityleft behind when we abandoned the ship at Victoria Harbour—hiseyes were black and very small; his hair, of which I have preserveda specimen, was grey approaching to white, when he died he wascorpulent, and seemed to have no disease but old age. Kanguagiu, his widow, was afterwards found in possession ofPoweytak, whose kindness to her, although helpless from infirmityand old age, will appear hereafter. She was certainly abovesixty, about the middle size, and rather corpulent, her hair wasgrey and her face much wrinkled as well as tatooed. She wastriply clothed in reindeer-skins, and was never seen out of the hutwithin which she is represented to be sitting, excepting when thefamily were removing to another On Stone by from-tii© ongLiiAi I>rawiii^ i-y CaiJUii R of r K /K W A L U A T 1 A G A S H U . A DL U R A K /Hni^iy l^n>fi,Jffr^i SKETCH OF THE BOOTHIANS. 29 KAWALUA, TIAGASHU, AND ADLURAK. TiAGASHU was the eldest son of Alictu, and who took particulaicare of his father; he was five feet six inches and five-eighths liigh,slender and weaker than the rest, his eyes were very small, and he ap-peared to be of a mild disposition. He was extremely industrious, andanxious to support his family, which consisted of a wife, three childrenof his own, and one of hers by a former husband, besides his father:he was not very successful. In May, 1830, he was reduced starvation, when he was assisted by Ikmalliks party aslong as they could, but afterwards by us, for which he was verygrateful, but never had it in his pow
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