. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. to the absence of prop-er light and fuel, it could not be well made. Directly he bad it,off he went once more to try for seal. The next morning Ebierbing had not returned, and we wereall at our wits end to find something to eat. At length Tookoo-lito made out to cut off some of the white from a piece of blackskin. From it she tried out sufficient oil to use for beating Till, lit K)l) 205 some snow-water, which, when warmed, was thickened with In-dian meal, a few hamlfuls having been found remaining of thesmall quantity I had brou
. Arctic researches, and life among the Esquimaux;. to the absence of prop-er light and fuel, it could not be well made. Directly he bad it,off he went once more to try for seal. The next morning Ebierbing had not returned, and we wereall at our wits end to find something to eat. At length Tookoo-lito made out to cut off some of the white from a piece of blackskin. From it she tried out sufficient oil to use for beating Till, lit K)l) 205 some snow-water, which, when warmed, was thickened with In-dian meal, a few hamlfuls having been found remaining of thesmall quantity I had brought with me. The quantity of mealdid not weigh above two ounces, yet it seemed to loom up as itwas incorporated in the tepid water, and the incident strongly re-minded me of the good woman and Elijah of Bible history. Too-koolito, with whom I shared the meal, thought the puddingexcellent, and so did I. Indeed, I shall not readily forget thatbreakfast, even—as I wrote at the time— if I live to enjoy athousand more dainty ones in my native UkAD AND OF Tilt: AKCTIO REINDEEU. 206 ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION. CHAPTER XII. Writing under Difficulties.—No Fire or Lamp.—Only two Inches of Black Skin forFood.—Ravenous Hunger of the Dogs.—Relief ohtained.—Ebierbings Return.—A Seal captured.—Supplies from the Ship.—Grand Feast of raw Meat.—Hungerneeds no Sauce.—Great Consumption of Food at a time.—Old Ookijoxy NinoosDream.—An Innuit Mark of a Seal-hole.—Tobacco-juice useful.—Watching forthe Seal.—Innuit Endurance of Cold.—Eating frozen Seals Entrails.—Mode ofcooking and partaking of Innuit Food.—Severe Cold.—The Angeko again.—Burning the Fingers with cold Brass.—First Reindeer seen.—More Innuit Arri-vals.—Improvidence of the Natives.—Generous Disposition.—Live to-day andWant to-morrow.—Author Visits Kowtukjua—Clarks Harbor—and Ookoolear—Allens Island.—Return to the Igloo Village.—Departure for the Ship.—Too-k
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