12 CONTENTS. 



the Shore. — Men escaping on the Mast. — Trying Scene. — Captain 

 washed ashore. — Affecting Deaths. — Wreck piled up on Shore. — 

 Fire made. — Men perishing with Cold. — Five missing. — Prospects 

 dark. — Destitution. — Tent erected. — Merciful Circumstances con- 

 nected with the Wreck , . ... 53 



CHAPTER IV. 



First Night on Shore. — Sleeping in empty Casks. — Parties of Explora- 

 tion. — Dog Tracks. — Arrangements to leave the Wreck. — Desire to 

 reach East Cape. — Reflections upon our Condition. — The dead Hog 

 roasted. — The "pet Hog." — Company travel towards the South 

 and East. — Two Natives seen. — Parley. — Directed to the Settle- 

 ment. — The old Woman and her Ceremony. — The second Settlement. 

 — Head Man cordial. — Men distributed among the Huts. — Not able 

 to reach East Cape — Company entertained. — Motives for it. — Gov- 

 ernment should reward the Natives 72 



CHAPTER V. 



No Prospect of reaching East Cape. — Painful Conviction. — The Prov- 

 ince of Christian Faith. — The Wreck visited. — The Natives. — Hope 

 unexpectedly revived. — Ship in Sight. — Comes near. — Signals from 

 the Land. — No Assistance offered. — Sails down the Coast. — Inde- 

 scribable State of our Minds. — Card in The Polynesian. . . .90 



CHAPTER VI. 



Our sad and desolate Feelings after the Departure of the Ship. — What 

 we should soon witness of Arctic Winter. — The Wreck visited from 

 Time to Time. — Provisions transported to the Settlement. — The 

 Weather. — Whales near Shore. — Severe Gale of Wind. — Fall of 

 Snow. — Ocean frozen over. — Sudden Introduction of Winter, and its 

 Dreariness. — Not to be described. — The Sun falling, Nights length- 

 ening. — Disappearance of the Sun. — Long Night. — How we passed 

 our Time. — Confined to the Huts. — Singing. — Neither Book nor 

 Chart, nor Writing Materials, except Pieces of Copper. — Hope of Lib- 

 eration another Year. — Captain Norton's Method of keeping Time. 

 — The Razor. — Our Clothing. — Provisions getting low. — Natives 

 both eating and stealing ours. — A new Chapter. — Commenced living 

 on Blubber with the Natives. — Native Stock diminishing. — Winters 



