CONTENTS. 13 



in the Arctic vary. — The native Manner of capturing the Whale. — 

 Preparing their Food. — Native Bread. — Description of their Hutg. — 

 Their peculiar Locality. — Their Method of lighting and warming 

 them. — The Filthiness of the Natives 108 



CHAPTER VII. 



Health of the Natives. — Their Diseases. — Captain N. prescribes a Rem- 

 edy. — Their superstitious Notions. — Mr. Osborn prescribes for the 

 Sick. — A fatal Case. — They surround Mr. O. with threatening Ges- 

 tures. — Native Remedy for Nose Bleeding and Sore Eyes. — Burial 

 Ceremony. — Marriages. — General Appearance of the Natives. — 

 Their Character. — Their Habits of Industry. — Property. — Language. 



— Icebergs. — Their Formation. — The Distance to which Icebergs 

 float. — Their Magnitude. — Field Ice. — The sudden Disappearance 



of Ice. — How accounted for. — Icy Vapor. — Poisoning. . . .127 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Provisions of the Natives getting low. — New Calamity threatened. — 

 Health and Strength failing. — Necessity of seeking other Quarters. — 

 The only Alternative. — Report of a Wreck. — Parties leave. — Dread- 

 ful Traveling and Exposures. — Report by the Natives that our Men 

 were frozen to Death. — An Instance of Treachery. — The Captain and 

 his Party leave. — The Weather. — Traveling. — Thoughts of Home. 



— Preservation. — One of the Party unable to walk. — Left behind. — 

 Found by the Natives. — The Fate before us. — Division of the Bis- 

 cuit. — Another fails, sits down, and is frozen to Death. — Reflections. 



— Captain Norton encourages his only remaining Companion. — Sin- 

 gular Appearance upon the Ice. — Dog Teams. — Part of Mr. Fisher's 

 Company. — Encouragement to our Minds. — Natives unwilling to 

 help us. — The Danger of Riding. — Last Effort. — The Music of 

 Barking Dogs. — Our Manner of Traveling. — Dreadful Condition of 

 our Feet. — Captain Norton falls exhausted. — Native Kindness. . 149 



CHAPTER IX. 



Mr. Fisher's Party a short Distance from this Settlement. — Next Day 

 left for another Settlement. — Our Men arriving in small Companies. 

 — Health improving. — Cross the River. — No Signs of Water. — Set- 

 tlement. — Ham. — The Wreck of a New Bedford Ship. — When lost, 



