CHAPTER VII 



ITINERATIONS AND RESULTS 



" Many shall come from the East and West, 

 and shall sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and 

 Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven." 



IN the beginning of 1881, Mr. Peck heard that 

 there was some probability of a large number 

 of Eskimos having come into the trading post at 

 Great Whale River. This was about sixty miles 

 south of his own station. He determined, therefore, 

 to make the journey, which would take two days, 

 travelling with sledge and dogs. 



We picture to ourselves, perhaps, the delight of 

 such a trip. The merry bells tinkle in our ears ; the 

 ruddy faces of the travellers glowing with health 

 and happiness appear before us ; the smooth, 

 swift, exhilarating motion of the sledge seems to 

 impart itself to our own bodies ; as in fancy we com- 

 pare it with the animated scenes that we have 

 witnessed among those who seek their pleasure in 

 this fashion on the sometimes frozen snow of our 

 own well-laid, even roads. 



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