XX11 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



PA 08 



Kalutunali returns. — An Esquimau Family. — The Family Prop- 

 erty. — The Family Wardrobe. — Myouk and his Wife. — Peter's 

 Dead Body found. — My New Teams. — The Situation. — Hunt- 

 ing. — Subsistence of Arctic Animals. — Pursuit of Science under 

 Difficulties. — Kalutunah at Home. — An Esquimau Feast. — Kalu- 

 tunah in Service. — Recovering the Body of Mr. Sonntag. — The 

 Funeral. — The Tomb 265 



CHAPTER XXIV. ( 



Starting on my First Journey. — Object of the Journey. — A Mishap. 

 — A Fresh Start. — The First Camp. — Hartstene's Cairn. — Ex- 

 ploring a Track. — A New Style of Snow-Hut. — An Uncomfort- 

 able Night. — Low Temperature. — Effect of Temperature on the 

 Snow. — Among the Hummocks. — Sighting Humboldt Glacier. — 

 The Track impracticable to the Main Party. — Van Rensselaer 

 Harbor. — Fate of the Advance. — A Drive in a Gale 277 



CHAPTER XXV. 



Sending forward Supplies. — Kalutunah as a Driver. — Kalutunah 

 civilized. — Mr. Knorr. — Plan of my Proposed Journey. — Prepar- 

 ing to set out. — Industrious Esquimau Women. — Death and Bu- 

 rial of Kablunet. — The Start 290 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



The First Day's Journey. — A Fall of Temperature. — Its Effect 

 upon the Men. — Camped in a Snow-Hut. — The Second Day's 

 Journey. — At Cairn Point. — Character of the Ice. — The Pros- 

 pect. — Storm-stayed. — The Cooks in Difficulty. — Snow-Drift. — 

 Violence of the Gale. — Our Snow-Hut 29 7 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



The Storm continues. — At Work. — Among the Hummocks. — Diffi- 

 culties of the Track. — The Snow-Drifts. — Slow Progress. — The 

 Smith Sound Ice. — Formation of the Hummocks. — The Old Ice- 

 Fields. — Growth of Ice-Fields. — Thickness of Ice. — The Pros- 

 pect 307 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



The Difficulties multiplying. — Sledge broken. — Reflections on the 

 Prospect. — The Men breaking down. — Worse and Worse. — The 

 Situation. — Defeat of Main Party. — Resolve to send the Party 

 back and continue the Journey with Dogs 31 £ 



