. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. ore decided push, and I was launched up on theice and safe. I reached the ice-floe, and was frictioned 362 DEATH OF TIGER. by Hans with frightful zeal. We saved all the dogs;but the sledge, kayack, tent, guns, snow-shoes, andevery thing besides, were left behind. The thermo-meter at 8° will keep them frozen fast in the sledgetill we can come and cut them out. On reaching the ship, after a twelve-mile trot, Ifound so much of comfort and warm welcome that Iforgot my failure. The fire was lit up,
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. ore decided push, and I was launched up on theice and safe. I reached the ice-floe, and was frictioned 362 DEATH OF TIGER. by Hans with frightful zeal. We saved all the dogs;but the sledge, kayack, tent, guns, snow-shoes, andevery thing besides, were left behind. The thermo-meter at 8° will keep them frozen fast in the sledgetill we can come and cut them out. On reaching the ship, after a twelve-mile trot, Ifound so much of comfort and warm welcome that Iforgot my failure. The fire was lit up, and one of ourfew birds slaughtered forthwith. It is w^ith real grati-tude that I look back upon my escape, and bless thegreat presiding Goodness for the very many resourceswhich remain to us. September 14, Thursday.—Tiger, our best remain-ing dog, the partner of poor Bruiser, was seized with afit, ominously resembling the last winters curse. Inthe delirium which followed his seizure, he ran into thewater and drowned himself, like a sailor with the hor-rors. The other dogs are all doing CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ESQUIMAUX — LARCENY — THE ARREST — THE PUNISHMENT — THE TREATY * UNBROKEN FAITH MY BROTHER RETURN FROM A HUNT — OUR LIFE — ANOATOK A WELCOME TREATY CONFIRMED. It is, I suppose, the fortune of every one who affectsto register the story of an active life, that his recordbecomes briefer and more imperfect in proportion asthe incidents press upon each other more rapidly andwith increasing excitement. The narrative is arrestedas soon as the faculties are claimed for action, and thememory brings back reluctantly afterward those detailswhich, though interesting at the moment, have not re-flected themselves in the result. I find that my journalis exceedingly meagre for the period of our anxiouspreparations to meet the winter, and that I haveomitted to mention the course of circumstances whichled us step by step into familiar communication withthe Esquimaux. My
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