330 CHARLES MOREAU 



go and help to ship it in, as it is impossible for 

 one canoe alone to ship such a large seal. Small 

 or medium sized seals can be managed alone 

 without much risk. In this case there was plenty 

 of ice and no need for our help. He towed his 

 seal to a nearby piece where he and his partner 

 hauled it up on the ice. The canoe was then 

 brought up alongside and partly turned over, one 

 man holding it while the other rolled the seal 

 over the gunwale. Then the canoe was righted 

 again and the seal placed in a good position to 

 balance the canoe evenly. While they were at 

 work doing this, the united weight of seal, canoe 

 and the two men, was too much for the strength of 

 the ice they were on and it broke up, upsetting the 

 canoe at the same time and scattering the pieces. 

 They managed with a little wetting to get on one 

 of the largest pieces, with the canoe, paddles and 

 seal drifting away. They shouted with all their 

 might, but it was too far to hear them. I chanced 

 to see them, however, waving their arms and hats. 

 I knew there was something wrong. We paddled 

 with all our might towards them till we saw how 

 they were fixed, and as there was no immediate 

 danger we eased off a little. We got them both in 

 and afterwards recovered the canoe and outfit, 

 and also the seal, which being a fat one, was still 

 floating. 



This second incident increased Charles' friend- 

 ship still more and he could not sufficiently ex- 



