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Lawrence, were represented, and tlie derisive mimicry 

 of their actions was greatly applauded and encom'aged, 

 being evidently mockery of their enemies. The distinc- 

 tion between the two people was marked by the 

 American Esquimaux being represented to wear a 

 bead as a labret on both sides of the mouth, and those 

 of St. Lawrence but one. The drum beat perpetually 

 throughout ; the one used on this occasion was of 

 very large size, more than two feet diameter, and 

 was used by Mooldooyah, who gently tapped it with 

 two very fine united rods of whalebone. The sound 

 thus produced was different to the ordinary noise ; 

 it was very deep and resonant, but at the same time 

 soft and musical ; the delivery of the strokes was 

 unvaried, a pause occurring after two, of the same 

 length with each, but the time, at first very slow, 

 increased after awhile, and ended in great rapidity 

 and violence, the noise then being quite overpowering. 



On the morrow, after a comfortable night's rest, 

 we set off homewards, accompanied by our host and 

 his family, who again acted as guides. Our route 

 was different to that by which we had come, but 

 we re-passed the lake Yeem-too-oon, and a rough 

 sketch was made of its shores. 



We saw a fine salmon-trout caught here through 

 a hole in the ice, of which there Avere several, with 



