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sents, called out to them Kahkeite, ‘Come on!’ to which they 
answered, Naakrie, naakrieai-plaite, ‘ No, no; go away ;’ and 
other words, which he made out to mean that they hoped we 
were not come to destroy them, The boldest then approached 
to the edge of the canal, and drawing from his boot a knife, (re- 
presented in an engraving,) repeated, ‘ Go away;’ ‘J can kill 
you.’ Sacheuse not intimidated, told them that he was also a 
man and a friend, and at the same time threw across the canal 
some strings of beads, and a checked shirt; but these they be- 
held with great distrust and apprehension, still calling ‘ Go away, 
don’t kill us.’ Sacheuse now threw them an English knife, say- 
ing, ‘Take that.’ On this they approached with caution, picked 
up the knife, then shouted and pulled their noses. These actions 
were imitated by Sacheuse, who in return called out, ‘ Heigh, 
yaw !’ pulling his nose with the same gesture. ‘They now pointed 
to the shirt, demanding what it was; and when told it was an 
article of clothing, asked of what skin it was made. Sacheuse 
rephed it was made of the hair of an animal which they had ne- 
ver seen : on which they picked it up with expressions of sur- 
prise. They now began to ask many questions: for by this time 
they found the language spoken by themselves and Sacheuse had 
sufficient resemblance to enable them to hold some communica- 
tion. 
** They first pointed to the ships, eagerly asking ‘ What great 
creatures those were ?’ Do they come from the sun or the moon?’ 
‘ Do they give us light by night or by day?’ Sacheuse told them 
that he was a man, that he had a father and mother, like them- 
selves; and, pointing to the south, said that he came from a di- 
stant country in that direction. ‘T'o this they auswered, ¢ That 
cannot be, there is nothing but ice there.’ They again asked, 
‘ What creatures these were?’ pointing to the ships: to which 
Sacheuse replied, that ‘ they were houses made of wood.’ This 
they seemed still to discredit, answering, ‘ No, they are alive, we 
have seen them move their wings.’ Sacheuse now inquired of 
them what they themselves were; to which they replied, they 
were men, and lived in that direction, pointing to the north; that 
there was much water there; and that they had come here to 
fish for sea unicorns. It was then agreed that Sacheuse should 
pass the chasm to them, and he accordingly returned to the ship 
to make-his report, and to ask for a plank. 
“ During the whole of this conversation, I had been employed 
with a good telescope in observing their motions, and beheld the 
first man approach with every mark of fear and distrust, looking 
frequently behind to the other two, and beckoning to come on, 
as if for support. They occasionally retreated, then advanced 
again, with cautious steps, in the attitude of listening, generally 
keeping 
