174 THE WHALEMAN ; OR, 



an exception to all whom we saw among the na- 

 tives for real ugliness. He was a regular savage. 

 We were glad to be off. 



We shortly left this settlement, and passed on 

 tow T ards East Cape, following the direction of 

 the sea coast, which from the river is nearly, as 

 laid down in the chart, in the form of a half 

 circle. We observed that the huts and settle- 

 ments increased as we came farther south ; and 

 sometimes, in course of a day or two, we would 

 pass through several small settlements. 



When we became wearied and exhausted by 

 traveling, though it was difficult to make very 

 rapid progress in the snow, or when we were 

 hungry, we would stop, rest ourselves, get some 

 blubber to eat, and then travel on again. 



Generally we found the natives ready and will- 

 ing to help us with what they had. We had 

 nothing to give them in return. We were a 

 company of beggars. They saw our destitution 

 and poverty, and therefore their kindness to us 

 must be attributed to the dictates of human sym- 

 pathy or pity, which in some way or other shows 

 itself in the most barbarous and uncivilized forms 

 of society. 



In our journey upon the coast, we discovered 

 a new whale boat, which the natives had proba- 

 bly drawn out of the reach of the water and ice. 



