. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. 1 After some time spent on the glacier, of which my view wasnot so extensive or protracted as it would have been but for theclouds that capped the heights where we were, my companion andmyself returned to the sledge. I then walked to the shore andobtained a few geological sj^ecimens, and we started on our wayback to the ninth encampment. Two or three miles from theglacier we came to a small island. I took several bearings ofdistant objects and sextant angles for elevation of the mountainheights; but the wind began to freshen almost to a gale,
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. 1 After some time spent on the glacier, of which my view wasnot so extensive or protracted as it would have been but for theclouds that capped the heights where we were, my companion andmyself returned to the sledge. I then walked to the shore andobtained a few geological sj^ecimens, and we started on our wayback to the ninth encampment. Two or three miles from theglacier we came to a small island. I took several bearings ofdistant objects and sextant angles for elevation of the mountainheights; but the wind began to freshen almost to a gale, andcaused considerable risk in crossing the bay. There was a prob-ability of the floe cracking off and drifting us to seaward; theopen water was within a mile of our course, and the floe, givingway, would have been swept rapidly to the southeast. My driverwas constantly urging the dogs to their greatest speed while mak-ing passage over the most dangerous part of the way. Fortu-nately no mishap occurred, and we arrived at the tupic in M7 SLEDGE-LOG, Ll>E AKD KEEL. 522 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. CHAPTER XXXIV. Innuit Food.—Picture of a Dinner-party.—Rabbit-charming.—Proposed firing Trip.—Freaks of Jennie.—Her Foot-race after the Sledge. — Feminine Coquetry.—Sharkeys Despair.—Change of Plans.—Koojesses Ugliness—Final Adjustmentof Plan.—Departure on flying Trip.—An Upset.—Wolves.—Chase of a Bear andCub.—Capture of the latter.—Night Traveling.—Return to Place of Starting.—Set out for the Ship.—Arrive on Board. On leaving our ninth encampment on Saturday, May 3d, 1862,we proceeded toward some islands nearly due east of us, and, aft-er a journey often miles, came to MLean Island,* where we foundtwo igloos occupied by the Innuits Koo-kin and Bill, withtheir families. We were hospitably received, aud made our tenthencampmentf there. I was now living wholly on Innuit food, to which I had be-come so accustomed as to eat it without d
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