. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. WALRUS LANCE. I give drawings of the lance-head, and of the kniveswhich the party carried. They were clad much as Ihave described Metek, in jumpers, boots, and whitebear-skin breeches, with their feet decorated like his. THEIR DEPORTMENT. 207 en gvlffe. A strip of knotted leather worn round theneck, very greasy and dirty-looking, which no onecould be persuaded to part with for an instant, wasmistaken at first for an ornament by the crew: itwas not until mutual hardships had made us betteracqua
. Arctic explorations: the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55. WALRUS LANCE. I give drawings of the lance-head, and of the kniveswhich the party carried. They were clad much as Ihave described Metek, in jumpers, boots, and whitebear-skin breeches, with their feet decorated like his. THEIR DEPORTMENT. 207 en gvlffe. A strip of knotted leather worn round theneck, very greasy and dirty-looking, which no onecould be persuaded to part with for an instant, wasmistaken at first for an ornament by the crew: itwas not until mutual hardships had made us betteracquainted that we learned its mysterious NESSAK, IJUMPER-HOOD,) IN riiS TKAVhLLINu DRtsS. When they were first allowed to come on board,they were very rude and difficult to manage. Theyspoke three or four at a time, to each other and to us,laughing heartily at our ignorance in not understand-ing them, and then talking away as before. Theywere incessantly in motion, going everywhere, tryingdoors, and squeezing themselves through dark passages, 208 THEIR DEPORTMENT. round casks and boxes, and out into the liglit again,anxious to touch and handle every thing they saw,and asking for, or else endeavoring to steal, every thingthey touched. It was the more difficult to restrainthem, as I did not wish them to suppose that we wereat all intimidated. But there were some signs of ourdisabled condition which it was important they shouldnot see: it was especially necessary to keep them outof the forecastle, where the dead body of poor Bakerwas lying: and, as it was in vain to reason or per-suade, we had at last to employ the gentle layin
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