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days after we left; then he had rested his dogs two days, 

 and followed us, covering 150 miles in three marches. 

 I thought we were doing well to reach this point in seven. 

 This is an illustration of what good dogs can do. I was 

 even more surprised for him to hand me a small lens, 

 one-quarter inch in diameter, which I had lost on the 

 trail some forty miles back. Let there be no doubt about 

 the quality of an Eskimo's eyes. 



After two hours' sleep he was ready to leave with us 

 at ten o'clock. Up the glacier the going was good, the 

 snow hard, and no wind. Coming down, however, we 

 caught the very devil! As we descended the wind "and 

 drift increased, until finally it was a smother, blinding 

 the dogs and driving into our clothes. We had per- 

 spired freely going up, and now we were regular snow- 

 balls. It was only by exercising vigorously that we 

 could get warm with the thermometer at forty below 

 zero. 



In the bed of what looks like an old lake we made 

 tea and waited for Panikpa. Finally we gave him up, 

 and were about to start on when he and his team of 

 pups came down over the hill. 



In the mean time the Eskimos amused themselves 

 by cutting figm-es of animals out of the snow, and the 

 likenesses were remarkably good. 



A short climb from here to the summit of a hill to 

 the west, and away we went down into Bay Fiord, over 

 rocks, sand, boulders, and deep snow. There were many 

 mix-ups and loud curses as two teams rushed together. 

 Two of my traces were cut under the runners, and three 

 of my dogs ran free, the snap-hooks being worthless. 

 Arklio was compelled to slip his best dog, as she had 

 shown symptoms of piblock-to early in the day. We 



