NORTH POLE OF THE WINDS 



consider how they should get back to Camp Lloyd. 

 They waited for the wind to abate but without 

 observing any noticeable change. Then they de- 

 cided to try to make the point of Nakajanga. In 

 attempting this they shipped a good deal of water 

 before the point was reached, and with great dif- 

 ficulty they succeeded in getting all but Stewart 

 ashore on the slippery rocks. As the boat was now 

 in great danger of being dashed to pieces, Stewart 

 managed to row it a half mile farther down the 

 shore to a projecting point of rock, while the 

 others made their way laboriously over the rocks 

 along the shore. The boat was then pulled out 

 and placed above the reach of the waves. 



It was now getting dark and we at Camp Lloyd 

 were increasingly anxious as we watched strain- 

 ing our eyes to make out the party, which we had 

 seen to land on the point of Nakajanga. A lantern 

 had been lighted and set up on a pole to serve as 

 a guide when the boat should again set out. After 

 a time we noticed two red signal shots and a little 

 later the boat could be seen starting out again and 

 we could follow its course in occasional flashlight 

 signals. From these signals we could see that it 

 was being constantly carried farther down the 

 wind. Our Eskimo Nathaniel now came to me 

 to ask if he and Belknap might not go out in the 



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