286 HUNTING WITH THE ESKIMOS 



though later, when in camp, as I wrote in my journal, 

 I noticed that it had dropped to six degrees above. 

 Traveling in this high temperature was exceedingly 

 uncomfortable. Perspiration ran into my eyes, al- 

 ready inflamed by the glare of sun and snow, and 

 they became very painful. Oxpuddyshou and Tuk- 

 shu had delayed the use of smoked glasses too long, 

 and were suffering a great deal of pain from snow 

 blindness. 



Hares were very plentiful in the valleys which we 

 were ascending, and they were so tame that one could 

 approach within a few yards of them. I shot several 

 for food, though they were very poor. Then I 

 photographed several groups of them, in some in- 

 stances making the exposures at less than twenty 

 feet. 



While hunting hare with Etukishuk I came upon 

 the heads of five large musk-oxen which had been 

 killed a long time ago, and also saw a great many 

 old musk-ox tracks. One pair of horns was in a fair 

 state of preservation, and this I took with me, but 

 the others had lain in the snow for so long they were 

 valueless. 



In spite of the many tracks that were seen here 

 I held to my purpose to push on to the country for 

 which we had set out. Here the tracks were not of 

 recent date, while in the farther country there was 

 no question but that we should find an abundance of 

 game. In fact, Eiseeyou assured me that we were 

 now so close to it that after another "sleep" or two 

 at most we should have musk-oxen for dinner. 



