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speculation as to this grand mystery, that it never 

 occurred to me that it was truly a metal coat, or rather 

 a coat of mail, that my friend desired to possess. 



One, of a certain sort, he had indeed already, and 

 brought it forth for my inspection, as I will, reader, 

 for yours. It consisted of back and breast-plates of 

 walrus-hide, at least a quarter of an inch thick, and 

 in some places double, a very board for toughness, 

 having been dried gradually in the sun. Upon these 

 were fastened flat and thin iron plates overlapping each 

 other. They were certainly of very little use in 

 fortifying the hide, through which no arrow would be 

 likely to pass, and were therefore only an additional 

 incumbrance to an already very clumsy article, which 

 was in fact, as Ahmoleen explained, too heavy to bo 

 worn in combats where activity was required. Hence 

 his desire for one of lighter make. He seemed in 

 some way to have heard of chain mail, as he described 

 it by locking his crooked fingers into one another. 



Ahmoleen constructed a sort of map of the villages 

 along the coast, together with the islands in the straits 

 and opposite shore, which led us to conclude that 

 East Cape would be near the village of Po-orten. 

 The ensuing day was in the early part as little favoiu*- 

 able as before, and we were almost in despair of 

 obtaining observations ; late in the evening however 



