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to proceediDg on another Arctic expedition (which has 

 since resulted in his reaching Wollaston Land, and 

 other valuable consequences, for which partly the 

 Gold Council Medal of the Royal Geographical 

 Society was aA^'ded him). These men had been 

 twenty-six days upon the journey, and had exhausted 

 their provisions ; they were obliged to kill one of 

 their dogs next day, but the Indians, although starving, 

 would not touch its flesh, their superstition holding 

 that the dog is their brother. Only two of the Indians 

 who first had arrived had departed for the fishery on 

 the rapid ; the others had remained opposite to the 

 Fort, and were now in a very low state, being unable 

 from weakness to cross the river immediately upon 

 its setting fast. 



