CHAPTEK XXIII. 



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KALUTUNAH RETURNS. — AN ESQUIMAU FAMILY. — THE FAMILY PROPERTY.— 

 THE FAMILY WARDROBE. — MYOUK AND HIS WIFE. — PETER'S DEAD BODY 

 FOUND. — MY NEW TEAMS. — THE SITUATION. — HUNTING. — SUBSISTENCE 

 OF ARCTIC ANIMALS. — PURSUIT OF SCIENCE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. — KA- 

 LUTUNAH AT HOME. —AN ESQUIMAU FEAST. —KALUTUNAH IN SERVICE.— 

 RECOVERING THE BODY OF MR. SONNTAG.— THE FUNERAL. — THE TOMB. 



Kalutunah came back after a few days, according 

 to his promise, and brought along with him the entire 

 Kalutunah family, consisting of his wife and four chil- 

 dren. It was a regular " moving." 



The chief had managed in some manner to get to- 

 gether another team of six good dogs, and he came 

 up in fine style, bringing along with him on his small 

 sledge every thing that he had in the world, and that 

 was not much. The conveniences for life's comforts 

 possessed by these Arctic nomads are not numerous ; 

 and it is fortunate that their desires so well accord 

 with their means of gratifying them, for probably no 

 people in the world possess so little, either of porta- 

 ble or other kind of property. The entire cargo of 

 the sledge consisted of parts of two bear-skins, the 

 family bedding ; a half-dozen seal-skins, the family 

 tent ; two lances and two harpoons ; a few substantial 

 harpoon lines ; a couple of lamps and pots ; some im- 

 plements and materials for repairing the sledge in the 

 event of accident ; a small seal-skin bag, containing 

 the family wardrobe (that is, the implements for re- 

 pairing it, for the entire wardrobe was on their backs) ; 



