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tinned with one native and a team of eight dogs. The coast 

 was skirted to the sixth settlement, about thirty miles, but 

 no news was heard ; the off-shore wind had driven the heavy 

 ice to sea. The next day, not being able to get dogs to con- 

 tinue the journey, Waring was compelled to return to the 

 village next to South Head. 



Natives were now dispatched along the coast, offering 

 great rewards for the rescue of Putnam or for his body if he 

 were dead. Another heavy gale set in, making traveling 

 impossible. On the 22d a southeast gale brought the ice in 

 shore again, but it was found that the sea had crushed it up into 

 small pieces, no heavy floes being anywhere in sight. Men 

 from down the coast brought no news. The case appeared 

 almost hopeless now, as all of the floes must have broken up 

 during the five days' gale. 



On the 26th, Waring heard a rumor that some dogs had 

 come on shore from the ice. For two days he was prevented 

 by storms from proceeding; but on the 29th, though intensely 

 cold, he started down the coast to identify the dogs. He 

 arrived at Lauren, thirty miles down the coast, in the evening, 

 and found three of Putnam's dogs there. Several dogs came 

 ashore, but the natives could catch only three. They said 

 that all came ashore without harness. 



After being weather-bound for three days Waring started 

 down the coast, February 2d, and searched the whole coast 

 as far as Plover Bay. He communicated with several natives 

 who spoke good English, and they were satisfied that Putnam 

 had never come near the shore. 



At Engwort (sixty miles from South Head) another dog, 

 with a pistol-shot wound in his neck, had come ashore ten 

 days previously and was recognized as belonging to Putnam's 

 team. This dog like all the others was very thin and 

 emaciated, covered with ice, and had every appearance of 

 having been long in the water. Putnam had probably shot 

 this dog, intending to use it for food, but he had succeeded 

 in escaping. -Jn all six dogs, out of his team of nine, came 

 ashore. 



