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that I hid the key of my chest over the door, and that I put her strong 

 shoes up the chimney to dry." He would have said more, but the 

 barbed weapon now irritated his throat beyond endurance, and he 

 coughed violently : the blood gushed afresh everywhere, and when the 

 fit ceased from exhaustion, he breathed no more : life terminated in that 

 universal convulsion. 



All stood sadly gazing on the piteous sight, till Simon, with an anxiety 

 we could not comprehend the cause of, withdrew from his friend's neck 

 the fourth and last shaft which the savage had been endeavouring to 

 regain when he received his death-shot. " He is quite dead !" said the 

 old fisher, " he winces not ! 'twould have roused life if a feeling remained. 

 Ay !" continued he, as he closely examined the carving of the bone 

 arrow-head, and compared it with those in its owner's quiver, and with 

 one which he drew from his own pocket, " ay ! 'tis as I thought. The 

 same hand that shot Paul drew the bow before to murder my poor Ben : 

 these arrow-heads were cut from the same bone, and notched by the 

 same hand, and now it lies cold and stiff there beside Paul's. I 'm satisfied. 

 And see how the wild butcher still grasps his knife in death ! 'Tis 

 plunged into the earth as he made his last spiteful stab at Paul with it. 

 Lads, bear your comrade's body to the boat : we '11 take it home to his 

 poor mother. And bring me the anchor and boat-axe : I 've a grave to 

 dig here." 



The crew lifted Paul's cold and stiffening body on their guns, and 

 slowly moved from the scene of blood ; while Simon, accompanied by 

 Mr. English and me, returned to the spot where Cabot expired. At a 

 little distance his prisoner lay bound on the earth, exhausted by her fit 

 of rage, and now awaiting her fate in sullen silence. As he gazed 

 mournfully on the body, he exclaimed, " What shall I say to the child ?" 

 " 'Tis his grandson, Sebastian, that he speaks of," whispered Mr. Eng- 

 lish ; " Cabot and he were inseparable. 'Twould have delighted you to 

 have seen the noble dog swimming in the sea with his little friend on 

 his back. He '11 take his loss very much to heart." 



' ' Ay !" said Simon to himself, as if in an act of devotion ; " through 

 my fault! through my fault! through my most grievous fault ! / sent 

 him on the fatal errand. / bid him hold her fast, and he did so with 

 the sacrifice of his life. If I had left him to stop and turn her at his own 

 discretion, she never could have mangled him thus." 



I could not help smiling at the high opinion the old man entertained 

 of his dog's capacity, as I walked with Mr. English towards the female 

 prisoner. " I am surprised," said he, " that Simon does not take Cabot 

 home also, and bury him in consecrated ground. But let us bring this 

 poor woman to the boat." 



Her features now exhibited extreme fear. The Esquimaux are never 

 shown the least mercy by their neighbours, the Canadian Indians, 

 wherever they meet, even when no recent quarrel had occurred ; and, 

 therefore, they shun the warlike red-men with instinctive antipathy : but 

 from enemies of any nation they dread destruction as a matter of course ; 

 and now the captive evidently expected nothing less than death as the 

 return for that which she had inflicted. We untied her feet, but leaving 

 her hands still bound, led her to the boat. I got to the windward of her 

 as soon as possible, for the rank effluvia of train oil emitted from her 

 dress and her breath, struck on my nerves so forcibly, that it gave me a 

 headach, cind other unmentionable symptoms. She was clad in skins. 



