Xxiv ^ CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXXV. 



PAOl 



The Arctic Spring. — Snow disappearing. — Plants sho\r Signs of 

 Life. — Return of the Birds. — Change in the Sea. — Refitting the 

 Schooner. — The Esquimaux. — Visit to Kalutunah. — Kalutunah's 

 Account of the Esquimau Traditions. — Hunting- Grounds contract- 

 ed by the Accumulation of Ice. — Hardships of their Life. — Their 

 Subsistence. — The Race dwindling away. — Visit to the Glacier. 



— Re-survey of the Glacier, — Kalutunah catching Birds. — A 

 Snow-Storm and a Gale. — The Mid-day of the Arctic Summer ... 381 



CHAPTER XXXVL 



The Arctic Summer. — The Flora. — The Ice dissolving. — A Sum- 

 mer Storm of Rain, Hail, and Snow. — The Terraces. — Ice Action. 



— Upheaval of the Coast. — Geological Interest of Icebergs and 

 the Land-Ice. — A Walrus Hunt. — The " Fourth." — Visit to Lit- 

 tleton Island. — Great Numbers of Eider-Ducks and Gulls. — The 

 Ice breaking up. — Critical Situation of the Schooner. — Taking 

 Leave of the Esquimaux. — Adieu to Port Foulke 396 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 



Leaving Port Foulke. — Effort to reach Cape Isabella. — Meet the 

 Pack and take Shelter at Littleton Island. — Hunting. — Abun- 

 dance of Birds and Walrus. — Visit to Cairn Point. — Reaching 

 the West Coast. — View from Cape Isabella. — Plans for the Fu- 

 ture. — Our Results. — Chances of reaching the Polar Sea dis- 

 cussed. — The Glaciers of EUesmere Land 416 



CHAPTER XXXVIIL 



Leaving Smith Sound. — Crossing the North Water. — Meeting the 

 Pack. — The Sea and Air teeming with Life. — Remarkable Re- 

 fraction. — Reaching Whale Sound. — Surveying in a Boat. — The 

 Sound traced to its Termination. — Meeting Esquimaux at Itepllk. 



— Habits of the Esquimaux. — Marriage Ceremony. — The Decay 



of the Tribe. — View of Barden Bay. — Tyndall Glacier 426 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



Homeward Bound. — Entering Melville Bay. — Encounter with a 

 Bear. — Meeting the Pack. — Making the " South Water. " — 

 Reaching Upernavik. — The News. — To Goodhaven. — Liberality 

 of the Danish Government and the Greenland Officials. — Driven 

 out of Baffin Bay by a Gale. — Crippled by the Storm and forced 

 to take Shelter in Halifax. — Hospitable Reception. — Arrival in 

 Boston. — Realize the State of the Country. — The Determina- 

 tion. — Conclusion 489 



