THE EXPEDITION BASE 



pounds of bison pemmican which was prepared 

 by the Canadian Government, but this the Eskimos 

 refuse to eat. The following winter it was dis- 

 posed of with great gusto by Bangsted and his 

 Eskimo Marius. 



On the tenth Belknap, Erlanson, Abraham and 

 I started out in the motor-dory to make a reconnais- 

 sance toward the inland-ice. Arriving at Dory 

 Landing Abraham was put ashore to hunt and 

 Erlanson to botanize, while Belknap and I 

 started off to scout for the depot of provisions 

 which had been laid down by dog sled during the 

 preceding winter. We went along over the rocks 

 which rise above the fjord and crossed wide ex- 

 panses of sand and mud flat to Karkanguak within 

 about ten miles of the ice border, but without find- 

 ing the cache. We returned to the dory landing 

 and took on Abraham and Erlanson when we 

 started back to Camp Lloyd in the dory. Abraham 

 took his place in the bow and as we proceeded 

 down the fjord he observed the ripple on the sur- 

 face of the water which is made by a big seal. We 

 gave chase, turning in and out as the seal changed 

 directions, apparently greatly alarmed by the 

 sound of our motor as it got closer and closer to 

 him. At last he was obliged to come to the sur- 

 face to breathe when Abraham shot him in the 



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