The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . g of the26th of September came light Avinds from the north-Avest; by noon it began tosnow, the Avind increasing to a gale. The Avhaling-boats all came in, and prep-arations were made for bad Aveather. During the night the storm greAV hourlyfiercer. The Rescue dragged her anchor, and Avas dashed upon the rocks anutter A^reck. Halls little boat, ujwn A\hich he had so much relied, Avas tornfrom its moorings and lost,dooming me, says Hall, to a AVieck of disap-pointment in the hopes I
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . g of the26th of September came light Avinds from the north-Avest; by noon it began tosnow, the Avind increasing to a gale. The Avhaling-boats all came in, and prep-arations were made for bad Aveather. During the night the storm greAV hourlyfiercer. The Rescue dragged her anchor, and Avas dashed upon the rocks anutter A^reck. Halls little boat, ujwn A\hich he had so much relied, Avas tornfrom its moorings and lost,dooming me, says Hall, to a AVieck of disap-pointment in the hopes I had cherished concerning her. The George Hen-ry Avas also in imminent peril, but outrode the tempest; but on her nextvoyage, eighteen months later, Avas lost at a point hardly a hundred miles dis- ^|tant. H The George Henry Avas soon after laid up in Avinter-quarters, fairly blockedin by ice. Hall in the mean time had made himself acquainted Avith the Es- CHARLES FRANCIS HALL AND THE INNUITS. 441 quimaux of the region. Prominent among these were a couple—husband andwife—whose history is worthy of iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilM One day—it was November 2—while Hall was writing in his cabin, he hearda low, sweet voice saving, Good-morning, Sir. Looking up, he saw a comelywoman, dressed in very good imitation of civilized costume. He had heard of 442 THE POLAR WORLD.
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