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lerfered, and made one after the other look at his 

 face, and eacli of them tried to find the stranger 

 behind the glass, as he did not know himself. The 

 host now spread a morse-skin outside of the tent, 

 on which he invited us to sit, and made each of us 

 a present of a martin's skin, for which he received 

 presents in return, among which the tobacco was 

 particularly welcomcc The woman was adorned 

 in the same manner as we have seen some before, 

 with iron and copper rings on the arms, and glass 

 beads in the hair. I took much trouble to make 

 my American comprehend that I wished to know 

 how far this branch might extend. He at last 

 comprehended me, and made me understand his 

 answer by the following pantomime : he seated 

 himself on the ground, and rowed eagei'ly with his 

 arms ; this business he interrupted nine times, 

 closing his eyes as many times, and resting his 

 liead on his hand. I learnt by this, that it Avould 

 take nine days to get to the open sea through this 

 branch. I was so rejoiced, that I gave them more 

 knives, and then hastened to our boats, accompa- 

 nied by the father and son, who, on my invitation, 

 both went with us. The old man was of a middle 

 stature, robust make, and healthy appearance ; 

 like all the other inhabitants, he had high cheek- 

 bones, and very small eyes, as also the two holes 

 below the under-lip, ornamented with morse- 

 bones ; these give a particularly disgusting look, 

 when the bones are taken out, as the saliva con= 



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