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to be dissatisfied with his arrangements, in which 

 it must be mentioned the voice of Yaneenga had 

 much though quiet influence. Well were it always 

 so with wives. 



Tchaytcheen consisted of five small huts, situated 

 under a range of hills, and upon the borders of Tchayt- 

 cheen harbour, which is of a magnificent character. 

 The yarangas were mean and dirty, and the only point 

 of interest it possessed apart from others was the 

 arrangement of perhaps eighteen or twenty heads of 

 whales disposed in pairs to rest boats on. I think it 

 not improbable that it was usual to keep a number of 

 boats here fully provided for fishing, ready to be 

 launched at an instant's notice, when whales were 

 reported. We desired much to have lingered awhile 

 on the harbour which we now crossed, to make a few 

 observations for fixing its position ; but our intended 

 halting-place was far distant, and even without delay 

 we could not hope to reach it until after dusk. 

 The man who replaced our lost dog accompanied 

 us some distance across the harbour, being bound on 

 a sealing excursion. 



The mode of entrapping these animals is inge- 

 nious and deserving of notice. As I before 

 remarked, the seals make holes in the ice, either 

 piercing it when the crust is light, and keeping the 



