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greatest caution. An Eskimo generally crawls along 

 the ice and watches the seal as closely as possible. 

 Should the seal raise its head, then the hunter re- 

 mains still ; but when the seal indulges in another 

 nap, then the hunter crawls a little nearer until 

 the seal again lifts its head, and so on, until 

 the hunter is near enough, and the unfortunate 

 animal is shot. Many of the seals which we saw 

 slipped down through their holes as soon as they 

 heard the noise of the sledge ; others were some- 

 what bolder, and waited until we were almost 

 within gun-shot of them. 



" A drive of about forty miles brought us to an 

 Eskimo encampment. In the evening a meeting 

 was held in the largest tent, after which one man, 

 in the course of conversation, told the missionary 

 how his wife during her illness in the summer had 

 found the greatest possible comfort in her know- 

 ledge of the Saviour, and in repeating the few hymns 

 she knew, and that she had died trusting in Him." 



The missionary, as well as the angels in heaven, 

 rejoices over one sinner that repents, and takes new 

 courage for persistent preaching of the Gospel. 



And so the journey continued, with ministering 

 to the wanderers here and there, until May 30. 

 Then the travellers decided that they must be 

 making their way as quickly as possible to Fort 

 George, as their provisions were beginning to run 

 short. The officer in charge of the station had 



