. Outing. Copyright, IQOQ, ir AN ARCTIC NIMROD ON THE BODY OF HIS FALLEN PREY. been hunted. Often I killed two witha single shot from my .22 automatic rifle. My object here was to secure skins formy friends, the Eskimos, at Annootokand Etah. There hares are wild and dif-ficult to get, and the people were badlyin need of skins for socks. The pelts arevery light and easily carried, and I feltthat I could do no less than take advan-tage of this opportunity to secure a stockof them to supply the demand at Annoo-tok. When all the musk ox were finallyhauled into camp, where the men couldprepare them
. Outing. Copyright, IQOQ, ir AN ARCTIC NIMROD ON THE BODY OF HIS FALLEN PREY. been hunted. Often I killed two witha single shot from my .22 automatic rifle. My object here was to secure skins formy friends, the Eskimos, at Annootokand Etah. There hares are wild and dif-ficult to get, and the people were badlyin need of skins for socks. The pelts arevery light and easily carried, and I feltthat I could do no less than take advan-tage of this opportunity to secure a stockof them to supply the demand at Annoo-tok. When all the musk ox were finallyhauled into camp, where the men couldprepare them for transportation, I lefttwo men to complete the work, and withfour men and four sledges proceededwestward for a distance of ten a halt was made to permit Eiseeyouto climb a high mountain and view thecountry with my glasses. Upon his re-turn he reported that we were not farfrom the place where the western coastof Ellesmere Land drops down into theFrozen Ocean. No game was in sight,and there wa
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