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Maurice Cole Tanquary, Ph.D., soon arrived and 

 forthwith fell to devouring raw bear meat like the wild- 

 est aborigine. Dog, bear, narwhal, caribou, seal, all 

 raw, were graciously and thankfully received and 

 thoroughly enjoyed. We remained there for eight days, 

 eating and sleeping and resting and perceptibly swelling. 



Tanquary had been an ideal traveling companion; 

 he possessed an even temperament, never got excited, 

 was always in good humor, and seemed by far the 

 healthiest man in the Crocker Land personnel. Thus 

 far he had withstood the trip admirably. 



Our dogs? They ate and slept, then ate again. 

 They consumed thirty seals one after the other. Their 

 tails curled, their ears became erect, their eyes grew 

 bright. They jumped to their feet, wagged their great 

 heads, and uttered that deep growl so expressive of the 

 real joy of living. 



During our sojourn here the daily conversation of the 

 gathered Eskimos teemed with interest and information. 

 It appears that the whole coast-line from Cape York 

 to Upernavik is dotted with old Eskimo igloos and 

 tupik rings which show a distinct connection and close 

 relationship between North and South Greenland tribes. 

 How often have I read in connection with the Smith 

 Sound natives, "Cut off from the south by the dreaded 

 Melville Bay"! They have never been cut off. In the 

 past, as to-day, sledges travel the whole stretch with 

 nothing to fear. 



We were greatly interested in a twelve-year-old boy 

 at this igloo by the name of Kop-a-noo (Snow-bunting). 

 Some years ago he and his mother were starving. It is 

 customary in such circumstances to kill a small child 

 rather than permit it to suffer. She, however, con- 



