CHAPTER V. 



Welcome little Stranger. — A merry Christmas. — A Christening. — A Visit 

 from the Aristocracy. — An ancient, Teo. — A canny lad, Enoch. — Miss 

 Propriety, Meeco. — Mi yo, la Petite. — The Dii)lomate, AkoviU. — Bel- 

 couta the Clever. — A Child of Fortune, Metra the Slow. — Eeindeer, a 

 Tableau. — A Patriarch, Mooldoyah. — Yaneengah the Good. — The 

 Friend, Ahmoleen. — The Pet, Ka-oong-ah. — A queer fellow, Om- 

 dooyah, — Attah the Knowing. 



On the 20th December the first birth since our 

 arrival occurred ; and on this account, and also 

 because the little stranger was granddaughter to 

 both Metra and Akoull, its advent was celebrated by 

 a salute of twenty-one guns, and an extra masquerade 

 in the evening. 



Christmas-day was observed with due form and 

 merriment. Our crew dined all together upon deck, 

 and the fare would have done no discredit to a more 

 genial clime and productive situation. A reindeer 

 roasted whole graced the centre of the board in a 

 dish made for the occasion ; while the carcase of 

 " Poor Jack," the sheep, at one end, was faced by 

 goodly rounds of spiced beef at the other. Numerous 



