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herd of deer, the best of the young men came, worked hard 

 for five years, and are now living, and living well, on their 

 increasing herds. 



The women also have got other ideals in life than selling them- 

 selves to a whaler. They too have learned to read and write, to 

 cook and sew, to keep the homes clean and tidy, and to take care 



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" DUCHESS OF BEDFORD " OUTSIDE POINT BARROW. 



-[TAKEN FROM "GJOA '] 



of their children. They have learnt that a woman must be the 

 wife of one man, must work with him and help him in whatever 

 way they can. There are still women who go to the whalers, 

 but they are few. and for the most part are already spoiled and 

 accustomed to a lazier and easier life than they can live with 

 an Eskimo husband. The young girls are moral, and the tribe 

 which twenty years ago was rapidly disappearing under the 

 influence of drink, disease, and starvation is now comparatively 

 flourishing, and its decadence, at least, has come to an end. 



Tuesday, August 21. No change; current, wind, and ice the 

 same. The Gjoa came in from the east, and Captain Amundsen 

 told us that the ice was beginning to open up, and that there 



