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want was supplied by the Eskimos themselves. 

 As early as October 3, Mr. Peck writes in his diary : 

 " Two Eskimos are busy making the frame of a tent, 

 which we hope to have ready by Sunday " ; and two 

 days later we hear of its progress, and of the great 

 interest which the men are taking in its construc 

 tion. This true tabernacle of witness to the presence 

 of God in Cumberland Sound was ready in time, and 

 when Sunday, October 7, was over, we read that it 

 had been " a very happy but wearing day. We visited 

 the people from tent to tent, and invited them to 

 come to our opening meeting. Many came, and 

 they joined heartily in the few hymns they knew. 

 On the whole we have much cause to thank God. 

 The tent is about twenty feet long and ten feet 

 broad. Two long seats are placed along the sides 

 on which the people sit. The women, quite by 

 choice, like to sit together on one side. 



" It is an encouraging fact that the tent was made 

 and the greater part of the material provided by 

 the Eskimos themselves." 



