876 A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 
there was a large inflated bladder, which I suspect 
to be that of the same animal. These implements, 
a few seal-skins, and two or three spare jackets, 
were all the articles they had, and with all of 
them they very soon parted; for, after they had 
pretty well tired themselves jumping and bawling, 
they turned to, to barter, and in a very short time 
disposed of every thing they had, except their 
canoes, and before they went away, they bartered 
one of them also. As there was no intention to 
impose upon them, nothing was offered them 
except such things as were deemed to be useful 
to them, such as knives, scissars, needles, nails, 
gimblets, and pieces of wood ; and for the canoe 
they, or rather the man it belonged to, received 
four boarding pike-staves, and the heads of five or 
six others, several pieces of wood, a handkerchief, 
a pair of mittens, and a piece of red cloth. One of 
our men made them a present of ahand-saw, and an- 
other gave one of them ared shirt; beads, looking- 
glasses, and a number of other things of little value 
were also bestowed upon them; as I have already 
remarked, not in exchange for what they had, but 
merely as donations. They showed a great deal 
of intelligence and probity in their dealings; for 
they evinced no great desire for beads, or any 
other baubles, and they never attempted to take 
any thing except what was given them. We re- 
marked, that every thing they received they im- 
mediately touched with their tongue, apparently 
to show that it was then legally their property. 
From what we saw of them, they appeared to be 
perfectly honest, a virtue which has seldom been 
found amongst uncivilized people. It may be said, 
