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Dr. Howe started out at once with one of Ned's sons, a half- 

 breed boy about seventeen years old. His name was Gallikar, 

 and we all came to like him very much as a willing and 

 intelligent chap. 



Dr. Howe brought back about 250 Ibs. of deer meat, and, 

 better than that, Journiska, the dog which had run away from 

 us when we returned from the east in the beginning of October. 

 He had come running into camp one night and was apparently 

 very glad to see his old friends again. He had lived about 

 three weeks in the country on mice and lemming which he 

 had caught and killed, and was fat and healthy when he 

 returned. His roaming in the wilds had apparently cured him 

 of his fits. 



Dr. Howe and Thuesen had used the Battle Creek rations, 

 but were highly disgusted with the result. They had stuck 

 to the food for seven days, living on purely vegetarian diet, 

 but they claimed that they lost their strength and became 

 unfit for work. Then they commenced to eat meat and soon 

 regained their wonted vigour. 



Dr. Howe's opinion was that a man might live on the food, 

 but that he could not work as hard as is necessary on a sledge 

 trip. He, at least, would never try it again, and the Battle 

 Greek rations were not used in the future except to supplement 

 the pemmican. 



Ned had come back with the Doctor and pulled up 

 alongside the ship, where he camped. He was outward bound 

 for Point Barrow, being obliged to leave the country on 

 account of scarcity of food. We invited him to stay on 

 board, but he preferred his tent at night, although he was 

 with us all day. 



October drew near its close, and we had not had much 

 pleasure out of it. It had been comparatively warm, our 

 lowest temperature being only 14 C., though only for a few 

 hours. The whole month had been stormy, it had been 

 blowing almost continually, while the sky had been overcast 

 nearly every day. There was a lot of snow on the ground, 

 but it was not easy to say how much of it had fallen or how 

 much had drifted in with the persistent and strong easterly 

 winds. Our meat supplies had been largely increased. Besides 

 the meat which Dr. Howe brought we had bought about 



