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CHAPTER IX. 



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

 Day left for another Settlement. — Our Men arriving in small Com- 

 panies. — Health improving. — Cross the River. — No Signs of 

 Water. — Settlement. — Ham. — The Wreck of a New Bedford 

 Ship. — When lost, and the Circumstances. — Travel to another 

 Settlement. — The head Man a savage Fellow. — Traveling to- 

 wards East Cape. — Seaboard Route. — Natives kind. — Begging 

 by the Way. —The Whale Boat. — The Broadside of a Ship. — 

 Ship in the Ice. — Drift Stuff. — Sun's Reflection. — Sore Eyes. — 

 Snow Blindness. — The Blind led with Strings. — Partial Remedy. 

 — East Cape reached. — Cordially received by the Natives. 



The night upon which we arrived at the set- 

 tlement, we learned that Mr. Fisher was only a 

 short distance from us, perhaps four or six miles. 

 Mr. F. heard also by the natives that some of 

 his countrymen had arrived at the settlement 

 below. 



The next day Ave were exceedingly sore and 

 tired, not only indisposed to move, but quite un- 

 able so to do. Mr. Fisher, however, having come 

 with several dog teams, accompanied by the na- 

 tives, in order to carry us to his settlement, per- 

 suaded us to go with him, assuring us that he 

 found first rate fare. We accordingly went with 

 him. 



