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have a building from God, a house not made with 

 h?nds, eternal in the heavens?&quot; 



In the following May he was able to reach 

 the last word of his translation of the Bible into 

 Cree, and then he set out at once on his final 

 visit to his beloved Eskimo at Whale River. How 

 great the change ! You see before you , &quot; he wrote , 

 &quot;a goodly number of clean, intelligent-looking 

 people, short and stout; you see that they have 

 books in their hands, and notice that they readily 

 find out the places required ; they sing very nicely.&quot; 



After six years service among the Eskimo of Attempts to 

 the east coast of Hudson Bay, the Rev. E. J. Vi8it Un * ava 

 Peck was about to leave for a well-earned visit to 

 England, but postponed his departure because, issz 

 as he reported, &quot;we were anxious to see some 

 heathen Eskimos living at Ungava Bay, and not 

 being able to push on, on account of very severe 

 weather, we were obliged to give up the journey. 

 Thinking then that there might be a more favour 

 able opportunity the following year, I determined 

 to remain and make another trial.&quot; 



The next year &quot;another trial&quot; was made, &quot;we 

 started again,&quot; wrote Mr. Peck, &quot;but could not 

 force our way along the coast on account of the 

 vast piles of ice which lay in our path.&quot; During 

 the following winter a further trial was made by 

 dogs, and sleds overland. For eleven days the 

 party struggled on over the frozen waste, but, in 

 the absence of every trace of animal life, was 

 &quot;obliged with heavy heart to retrace their steps 

 or perish of starvation.&quot; 



