264 THE LIFE OF E. J. PECK 



might possibly have reached one of the islands 

 about here. 



" As Captain Sheridan knows all the land there 

 about, it was arranged that he should take the 

 search party, and that I, with the help of an Eskimo, 

 should make a coffin for the remains of our friend, 

 Captain Clisby. 



" Captain Sheridan returned in the evening with 

 the sad intelligence that not a vestige of anything 

 or any one had been seen." 



"Sunday, i6th. the remains of Captain Clisby 

 were laid to rest. Nearly all the people attended 

 the funeral. Two boats were manned, and the 

 coffin being placed in the stern-sheets of one, we 

 then proceeded to an island some four or five miles 

 from here. This island has been used as a burial 

 place for many years for men who have died in the 

 country. I counted some twenty-five graves, 

 several of which contained the remains of men who 

 had died on board the whaling ships. 



" Some of the graves had boards erected over 

 them, giving the name, age, etc., of the deceased. 

 One I particularly noticed gave the names of three 

 poor fellows who had died of scurvy. Another 

 board gave the mournful record of two men who 

 had perished in a snow-storm. Altogether it was 

 a sad and touching sight to see all these tokens of 

 loving remembrance in this barren and lonely spot, 

 It was a scene which thrilled one's soul with a 



