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was to be taken at his word. For some time pre- 

 vious to his home coming he had written : 



" In my last letter I alluded to the need of more 

 active measures being taken by the Church of God 

 at large for the evangelization of the whole Eskimo 

 race. The most I can do is to grapple with the 

 people living on this coast, the extent of which is 

 six hundred miles. It is true the Eskimos do 

 travel great distances, but there are certain geo- 

 graphical features of their country, or, I should 

 rather say, countries, which confine them, as it 

 were, to particular localities, and which make 

 further intercourse impossible. Thus we have 

 the Eskimos of many regions out of reach of our 

 influence, viz., those living on the northern shores 

 of Hudson's Strait, Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, the 

 lands visited by Franklin, McClintock, Parry, 

 Kane, and others, together with Alaska and por- 

 tions of the northern shores of Russia. But, it 

 may be asked, how are these isolated, scattered 

 people to be reached ? The answer is plain. The 

 Church of God must show as much zeal and perse- 

 verance in seeking these lost souls as others do for 

 purposes of trade and objects of discovery. It is 

 a fact that nearly all the places named are visited 

 by whaling-vessels, some of which (I have been 

 told) winter in the countries they visit. Various 

 Arctic explorers have come in contact with the 

 people from time to time, and much might have 



