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oxen were killed on this occasion, he demonstrated that he was very 

 tbnd of fresh beef, and that he could eat without being satiated for 

 one whole day. We found him on the following year with his 

 father near Cape Lawrence, and very much improved. He had 

 been successful in hunting both reindeer and seals, and supplied 

 me with skins and oil for fuel on the journey in which the Magnetic 

 Pole was discovered. 



Otoogiu is represented with the magnifying lens which he had 

 stolen in one hand, and a knife made of bone in the other. Illictu 

 has in one hand a rod made of reindeer's horn, used for probing the 

 depth of the snow, and in the other a fish-hook made of bone, 

 which I purchased of him, and which now is in my possession. 

 When we met him at Padliak, on the following year, he supplied 

 us with about fifteen pounds of excellent venison, for which he was 

 well rewarded. On seeing the surgeon with a swelled face, he ran 

 suddenly to him, blew in his face, and hit him a pat on the face, 

 which we understood afterwards, was a cure for every complaint; 

 and as the surgeon very soon got well after that ceremony, liis 

 recovery was entirely attributed to that charm. At that moment 

 he had suspended to his neck a small phial containing an emulsion 

 which the surgeon had given to him six months before, which 

 instead of taking inwardly, as intended, was hung to his neck as 

 a charm. 



