PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT. f355 



In front of them was a quantity of drift-wood raised CH ^ VP - 

 upon rafters ; and around them there were several **•— v* 

 heaps of bones, and skulls of seals and grampuses, i 8 u 2 o'. 

 which in all probability had been retained conform- 

 ably with the superstitions of the Greenlanders, who 

 carefully preserve these parts of the skeleton.* A 

 rank grass grew luxuriantly about these deserted 

 abodes, and also about the edges of several pools of 

 fresh water, in which there were some wild fowl. 

 We returned to the ship late at night, and found 

 her ready for sea. 



* Crantz Greenland, Vol. I. 



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