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THE POLAR WORLD. 



T3E GEORGE HENRY LAID UP FOR THE WINTER. 



her before. Her name was Tookoolito. She was the wife of Ebicrhiiif;, a 

 rather famous scal-liunter and pilot. Seven years before a Britisli whaler had 

 taken them to England, where they were received as the lions of the day. 

 They dined Avith Prince Albert, and were introduced to the Queen. Ebierbing 

 thought tliat the Queen was " very pretty ;" indeed she bore no very distant 

 likeness to his own wife. Tookoolito thought Prince Albert Avas a "very kind, 

 good man." Both agreed that the Queen had " a very fine phace." Tookoolito, 

 as maTiy thousands in the United States afterwards had occasion to know, 

 spoke English almost perfectly. Her husband was less Huent, but still quite in- 

 telligible. This pair became Hall's constant companions in the Arctic regions; 

 came Avith him upon his return to the States, remained there with him for two 

 years, and went back with him upon his second expedition, which now (SeiJtem- 

 ber, 18G9) is not completed. 



Early in January Hall resolved to make an exploring expedition with the 

 dog-team Avhich he had bought at Holsteinborg. The party consisted of him- 

 self, Ebierbing, Tookoolito, and another Esquimaux, named Koodloo. The 

 sledge was drawn by ten dogs — five of Avhich belonged to Hall, and five to 

 Ebierbing. They relied for food mainly upon the proceeds of their hunt- 

 ing, taking with them only a pound and a half of preserved mutton, three 

 pounds of salt pork, fifteen pounds of sea-bread, three pounds of pork scraps 

 for soup, and a little coffee, pepper, and molasses. The trip lasted nearly a. | 

 month and a half, during which time Hall learned to live like the Esquimaux 

 in their snow cabins, and subsisted mainly upon raw seal flesh. When he re- 

 turned to the ship it was hard for him to accustom himself to the change from 

 the pure atmosphere of a snow-house to the confined air of a small cabin. 



