ciii. Contents. 



Chapter VIII. 



NORTH BLUFF— ASHE'S INLET. 



PAGE. 



Visit from Huskies— Strange Account of a Shipwreck — Getting Information 

 Through an Interpreter — Trading with the Natives — Ice Jams— Bad 

 Weather — A Monster Iceberg 72 



Chapter IX. 



PRINCE OF WALES SOUND. 



Interesting Interview with an Eskimo— The Marriage of a Native Beauty — 

 Trading with the Huskies — The Romance of Love-Making — How a 

 Brave Wins a Bride in the Far North 77 



Chapter X. 

 stupart's bay station. 



Characteristics of the Eskimo— Description of the Kayak — The Difficulties 

 of Inland Travel — The "American Man" — Eskimo Villages — Articles of 

 Trade 86 



Chapter XI. 



OBJECTS OF OBSERVING STATIONS. 



Meteorological Work to be Done — Movements of Ice, Tides, etc., to be 

 Recorded — Terrestrial Magnetism — The Variation of the Compass — 

 Dip of the Magnetic Needle, etc 93 



Chapter XII. 



FIGHTING FIELD-ICE. 



No Sunshine — Bamming Ice Pans— Laying to in Field-ice All Night — Ap- 

 proaching Salisbury and Nottingham Islands — The Neptune's Propeller 

 Broken — Desolate Appearance of Nottingham 98 



Chapter XIII. 

 across Hudson's bay. 



Fighting the Ice at Nottingham — An Unsuccessful Attempt to Find a Harbour 

 on Mansfield Island — Also on Southampton Island— A Pleasant Voyage — 

 Singular Formation — Arrived at Marble Island 105 



Chapter XIV. 



THE STORY OF MARBLE ISLAND. 



A Desolate Grave-yard — Monuments with Histories — Wreck of the Ansel 

 Gibbs— A Tale of Suffering and Death— The Loss of Six Whalers in 

 the Welcome — Curious Ruins — Writing on the Rocks 110 



Chapter XV. 



FROM MARBLE ISLAND TO CHURCHILL. 



Rain, Wind, Fog and Heavy Seas — Rolling and Pitching, and Waiting for 



Fine Weather — Sea-sickness — Arrival at Churchill — Cheering Prospect. 121 



