Captain Lyon's 



ceplion of the licad, every part was 

 covered uitli fresh moss and dark earlli, 

 tlirou^li wliicli a small slreaiii of water 

 was 002111":. 



It is well known that the Eskimaiix 

 carry large portions of whales' bones to 

 tiieir huts, tor the purpose of collecting 

 the oil which exmles from them ; and 

 they afteiwaids make use of the dry 

 boue in coiislrucling sledges, &:c- Yet, 

 allowing this to be the case, I can in no 

 manner conceive it possible for them to 

 remove an entire skeleton even one foot, 

 much less np the steep side of a bill. 

 The remains of which I speak were so 

 situated that no dwellings could be 

 placed any whore near them, and the 

 fact of their lying iii a water-course 

 docs away with llic idea of their having 

 been brought to the spot for the sake of 

 tlic oil. 



Having entered on this subject, it 

 may not be irrelevant to mention again 

 the facts of having found three crown- 

 bones at a distance from the sea in the 

 Duke of York's Bay ; and to these I 

 may add that vvliich Captain Liddon 

 tijund during tiie last voyage, a mile 

 and upwards inland, on Melville Island, 

 aud having others of tiie whale's bones 

 near it. This, as did two of the above- 

 mentioned, was laying on a flat secon- 

 dary formation ; but tlie skeleton I had 

 found was on a granite rock, covered, as 

 I have observed, with moss and swampy 

 earth. 



QUADRUPED AFFECTION AND CIPED 

 .SAVAGKS. 



l'"rom Captain Parry I learned an 

 interesting anecdote of a doe and her 

 fawii, wliieh he had pursued across a 

 small inlet. The mother, finding her 

 youn^ one could not swim so fast as 

 herself, was observed to stop repeatedly, 

 so as to allow the fawn to come up with 

 her, and, having landed first, stood 

 watching it with trembling anxiety as 

 tiie boat chased it to the shore. She was 

 repeatedly fired at, but remained im- 

 moveable until her ofJspring landed in 

 safety, when they both cantered out of 

 sight. 



THEATRICALS. 



Our first play was performed on the 

 evening of the 9th of November, and ap- 

 peared to afford much amusement to 

 the men: our dresses were good, and 

 the theatre tolerably largo ; to which 

 may be aibled that the ladies were, with 

 the exci-pliou of beards, figine, voice, 

 ,'Uid feminine action, most bewitching 

 ]iersoii«ires. I have given a copy of the 



Private Journal. 651 



THEATRE ROYAL, 



WINTER ISLE. 



The Public are most rcspecffiilhj inform- 

 ed that this little, yet elegant, theatre, 

 will open for the season on Friday 

 next, the 9th of ISovemher, 1821, when 

 will be performed Slier idaiCs celebrated 

 Comedy of 



THE RIVALS. 



Sir Anthony Absolute. . Capt. Parry. 



CaptainAbsolute. .Capt. Lyon. 



Sir Lucius O'Trigger Mr. Crozier- 



Faulkland. .Mr.Edwaids. 



Acres. .Mr. Henderson. 



Fag.. Mr. Hoppner. 



David Mr. Reid. 



Coachman. . Mr, Bushman. 



Mrs. Malaprop IMr. Richards. 



Julia Mr. Hoopf r. 



Lydia Languish Mr. Shercr. 



Lucy . . Mr. Mogg. 



Songs by Messrs.Palmer and Henderson 



will be introduced in the course of 



the evening. 



Doors to be opened at half- past 6, 



Curtain to rise at 7 precisely. 



On the I7th of December, a shivering 



set of actors performed toa great-coated, 



yet very cold, audience, the comedy of 



the " Poor Gejitleman." 



We were much c mused during the 

 exhibition of this play by a burst of true 

 English feeling. In the scene where 

 Lieut. Worlhington and Corp, Foss re- 

 count in so animated a manner their 

 former achievements, advancing at the 

 same time, and huzzaing for " Old 

 England," the whole audience, with one 

 acconl, rose, an<l gave three of the 

 heartiest cheers 1 ever heard. They 

 then sat down, and the play continued 

 unintcjrrupted. 



' THE ATMOSPHEIJE. 



As we now bad seen the darkest, 

 although not hy many degrees the cold- 

 est season of the year, it may not hero 

 be irrelevant to mention the beautiful 

 appearance of the sky at this period. 

 To describe the colours of these cloud- 

 less heavens would be impossible ; 

 but the delicacy and pureness of the 

 various blended tints excelled aiij thing 

 I over saw, even in Italy. The sun 

 shines with a diminished lustre, so that 

 it is possible to contemplate it without 

 a painful feeling to the eyes, yet the 

 blush colour which in severe frost 

 always accompanies it, is, in my opinion, 

 far more pleasing than the glitterinff 

 borders v, l;irh are so pioiusely seen on 

 the clouds in warmer climates. The 

 niirhts are no l<>ss lovely, in consequence 



of 



