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about this place induced me to yield to the Eskimos' 

 desire to stay a day to hunt, and we lay over. All the 

 Eskimos went bear-hunting, except Esayoo, who had a 

 stomach-ache; they came in after a few hours with the 

 meat and skins of two bears, and we all feasted on 

 bear meat for supper. 



One of my dogs, a big tawny fellow, was seized vnih 

 rabies at this camp; the dogs at Etah had been subject 

 to the sickness through the winter, and now both the 

 Eskimos and I were worried lest this dog of mine was 

 only the first of our teams to fall victim to it. In every 

 other way the prospect was most satisfactory; our dogs 

 were generally in good condition, well fed, and not at 

 all footsore; the ice ahead of us seemed smooth and 

 but little covered with snow; the weather, though cold, 

 was calm and clear; we ourselves were in the pink of 

 condition and the best of spirits. The esprit de corps of 

 my party was exceptionally good. 



WTien we started out from Camp Small I had to leave 

 behind us my sick dog, tied to a snow block, with 

 enough meat for several days within reach, but I had 

 little hope of his recovery ; he could not stand on his feet, 

 and every half -hour or so he was seized with a paroxysm 

 that seemed to leave him almost dead. We left this 

 camp rather reluctantly, for it was a pleasant place; 

 but when we once got away we felt no regret. The 

 going was splendid, the weather fine. As we dashed 

 along, Esayoo pointed out to me the big cairn on the 

 narrow isthmus of Bache Peninsula that Peary and he 

 had built many years before. Though it was many miles 

 away, I could see it wdth my naked eye. It must be a 

 big one. 



We camped again at Camp Sverdrup on the ice-foot 



