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we discovered four small puppies iu the wo- 1824. 

 men's boats^, and they were, of course, imme- August. 

 diately purchased, as an incipient team for fu- 

 ture operations. 



The acquisition of these Httle animals re- 

 minded us of our own live stock on board, and 

 the pigs and ponies were accordingly exhibited 

 to a few natives, who were called on deck for 

 the occasion ; but tliey drew back from the 

 little horses with evident signs of fear, while 

 the squeaking of the pigs, in their struggles to 

 escape from those who held them, added not a 

 little to the surprise of the moment. A safe 

 retreat for a few yards, however, re-assured 

 our visiters, when a loud laugh and shout an- 

 nounced their satisfaction at having seen two 

 new species of Tooktoo, (rein deer.) 



As a lane of water was seen in shore at noon, 

 we were under the necessity of bidding our vi- 

 siters adieu ; yet such was their desire to re- 

 main with us, that when we left the floe, our 

 people who attended the hawsers, escaped with 

 difficulty into the boat, from the friendly, and 

 not very ceremonious, struggle which was 

 made to detain them. 



My last purchase at parting was the inge- 

 niously-constructed sail of a woman's boat, 

 which was gladly bartered for a knife. This 

 was nine feet five inches at the head, by only 



