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where certainly no other white men, if indeed Indians- 

 or Eskimos, had ever passed. We were still, of course, 

 a long way from being out of the Barren Land country, 

 but once on the waters of Baker Lake, as we now were, 

 the remainder of the road was to some extent known 



to 



us. 



Before proceeding further with my narrative, I shall 

 digress a little, believing that the reader will be inter- 

 ested by some particulars concerning the Eskimos. 

 Having in former expeditions spent nearly two years 

 among these people, I had abundant opportunity for 

 studying their habits and customs of life. Some of the 

 observations thus made I shall record in the next two- 

 chapters. 



ICELANDIC SETTLER. 



