188 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



few people who were there. We cannot do better 

 than take one day as a sample and follow the lead 

 of the missionary himself and creep into some of 

 the snow houses with him. We must get down 

 low on our hands and knees in order to do so. 



" March 31, We rose early and went in search 

 of some Eskimos. These we had the pleasure of 

 meeting in good time, and hearing that there were 

 some more of the people living out to seaward, I 

 started to see them, intending to return in the 

 evening. 



" After a brisk-drive, we saw our Eskimo friends, 

 whose snow houses were built in close proximity 

 to some vast boulders of ice. Such a desolate- 

 looking scene, these vast piles of ice with the mound- 

 like dwellings which look like large balls of snow 

 scattered amongst the frozen mass. 



" After a glance at the surrounding scene I crawled 

 into the first snow house. I found three inmates, 

 one of whom I discovered had fallen away from 

 Christ. I spoke to him faithfully but affection 

 ately, and then prayed with him. May God in 

 His mercy turn him from the path of death ere it 

 be too late ! 



" Entered next iglo ; here I found a man and 

 his wife whom I had not met for years. They 

 told me they had been far out to sea somewhere, 

 and had not been able to come near the white 

 people. Although they had been away so long, 



