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stances ; and this was a o^reat deal in his eves. It 

 was not difficult to perceive that Kalutunali started 

 with nie expecting to take me under his protecting 

 wing ; and if he did not have the pleasing satisfaction 

 of seeing me groaning with the cold, at least he should 

 have the opportunity to instruct me how to live and 

 how to travel ; but when I began to instruct him, and 

 turned the tables on him, he was much disappointed ; 

 and when to this violation of propriety I added the 

 still more unpardonable offense of refusing him a bear- 

 hunt, his enthusiasm oozed out very rapidly ; and if 

 he admired the Nalegaksoak the more he desired to 

 follow him the less, particularly as the dangers of 

 the service preponderated over the emoluments. In- 

 deed, the fellow was disposed to avail himself fully of 

 the advantages of his new situation, and I soon made 

 up my mind that he was henceforth a pensioner upon 

 my bounty, so I doubled his riches and made him 

 the happiest Esquimau that ever was seen. My thor- 

 oughly energetic, daring and skillful hunter, who 

 prided himself upon the excellence of his equipments 

 and the abundance of his supplies, for once in his life 

 found himself so situated that he was freed from all 

 necessity of giving thought to the morrow. It was 

 truly a novel sensation, and it is not surprising that 

 he should wish to enjoy the short-lived holiday. He 

 was greatlj^ amused, — amused with himself, amused 

 with the Nalegaksoak who had made him so rich and 

 allowed him to be so lazy, and amused with the white 

 man's dress with which he was bedecked, and in which 

 he cut such a sorry figure. His face was never with- 

 out a full-blown grin. I gave him a looking-glass, and 

 he carried it about with him continually, looking at 

 himself and laughing at his head with a cap on it, and 



