Life and work of the Rev Peck among the Eskimos . CUTTING UP A WHALE. Page BUILDING AT BLACKLEAD Rev. E. J. Peck is in the foreground. Page 304. DAYBREAK IN CUMBERLAND SOUND 221 Soon the dogs and people were feasting away totheir hearts content, and the latter were quiteelated at the prospect of having many a good meal. Whale-skin, which is called muktak, is consideredto be a dainty dish, and when the whale was caughtthe missionaries looked forward with pleasure totheir first meal of this delicacy as likely to give theman agreeable change of diet. But the result wasnot app
Life and work of the Rev Peck among the Eskimos . CUTTING UP A WHALE. Page BUILDING AT BLACKLEAD Rev. E. J. Peck is in the foreground. Page 304. DAYBREAK IN CUMBERLAND SOUND 221 Soon the dogs and people were feasting away totheir hearts content, and the latter were quiteelated at the prospect of having many a good meal. Whale-skin, which is called muktak, is consideredto be a dainty dish, and when the whale was caughtthe missionaries looked forward with pleasure totheir first meal of this delicacy as likely to give theman agreeable change of diet. But the result wasnot apparently so pleasurable as had been antici-pated. The only remark Mr. Peck makes about itis : Mr. Parker and I had our first meal of is about an inch thick and of a dark colour. Whenboiled, it is fairly palatable. A little later, in the middle of November, severalseals were caught. The Eskimos seemed to bealways ready to share their good things with theirEuropean friends. On November 16 the diary says : They very kindly brought us several pieces ofseals meat. We cut this
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