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it was believed that Oxpuddyshou and his party 

 would be absent for a considerable period. I there- 

 fore decided, as I was anxious to return to Annootok, 

 not to await them, but to turn back at once, and in 

 exchange for tea, coffee and sugar, engaged Teddy- 

 linguah, one of the young men, and the owner of an 

 exceptionally fine team of dogs, to accompany me. 





