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" Sunday, i2th. Storm moderated, and the 

 missing man arrived about ten a.m. Both dogs, 

 sledge and driver were literally covered with driven 

 snow. He told us that he had quite lost himself in 

 the storm, and was obliged to remain in the snow 

 drift during the whole of that bitter night. 



" Had a profitable day with the people. Taught 

 them several times, and sought the Lord's presence 

 for my own comfort and support. 



" Tuesday, itfh. Desirous to taste a new phase 

 of Eskimo life, and to be one with the people whom I 

 seek to win, I started with one of the Eskimos who 

 was going young seal catching. 



" Our conveyance was a small sledge, drawn by 

 four dogs. 



" After reaching the actual hunting ground, the 

 dogs were continually driven in a windward direc 

 tion. If they scented a seal-hole, they raced away 

 for it at full speed, for they know as well as their 

 owners sometimes even better how to find the 

 game. 



" When the dogs arrive at a seal-house, which is a 

 cavity made in the snow on top of the ice, the driver 

 leaps off the sledge, and then, as swiftly as possible, 

 breaks through the crust of snow which forms the 

 roof of the young seal's residence. Should the 

 young seal be inside, he is soon hauled out with a 

 hook attached to the end of a stout stick and is 

 quickly despatched. 



