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IKMALLIK AND APELLAGLIU. 



Ikmallik, and his wife Apellagliu, were certainly the best of tlie 

 whole of the natives, and they seemed most respected by the rest. 

 They are represented in the Narrative as drawing a map of the 

 country ; and, from the information which he likewise gave us, he 

 obtained the name of the " Hydrographer," and we always found 

 what he, or his son Ooblooria, told us to be correct. They brought 

 us every thing they could procure, leaving it entirely to us what 

 they were to have in exchange, and were always contented with 

 whatever was given to them ; by this kind of conduct they gained 

 our confidence and esteem, and in the end they got best rewarded. 

 They were extremely attached to their children, and for any kmd- 

 ness shown to them their gratitude knew no bounds. The mutual 

 desire to oblige each other, and every one else, was at once manifest 

 and delightful. Ikmallik was the first who remained a whole 

 night and slept on board, having been employed by me in building 

 my magnetic observatory of snow, which he did cheerfully and 

 extremely well. His youngest child, about two years old, was 

 called Camuka, and was very pretty ; she was clothed in skins so 

 as to resemble a ball, and was often entertained with prints in the 

 cabin. Besides their own three children, two of which were at the 

 breast, they had supported two nephews who had lost then- parents ; 

 one of which, Awack, had now grown up, and was the companion 



