ii CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



PKEPARATIONS FOK 11 1 1: VOYAGE— HALL SAILS FROM NEW LONDON. 



DlXI.MBKR, 180*2, TO JlLY, 1804. 



Ilall li'i-tnrvs for his iiorsonal siiiiport and that of the two Eskimos— His care of these 

 jH.(,j)K. — Dt-atli of Tuk-i-e-li-keo-ta- Friends gained for the Seeoud Expedition- 

 Plan of an ex-i>e<lition submitted by Hall, March 17, 186:5, to Mr. Grinuell and R. H. 

 Chapi-11, of New London, Conn. — Hall's preference for a plan which would not 

 include whaling — Financial diflicultics— Embarrassments in forming new friend- 

 ships— iKti-rniination to go out a second time, even for an absence of ten years — 

 Expectation of linding mw whaling-grounds — Correspondence on this subject with 

 ilr. U. H. Chapt'll and Professor Bache, Superintendent United States Coast Sur- 

 vey — Disappointment as to assistance from the Legislature and from the New York 

 Chamber of Commerce — Failure to obtain a loan of instramcnts from the Gov- 

 i-mim-nt — Card to the public, postponing the expedition to another year — Hall 

 resumes work on the "Arctic Researches" — Lectures before the Long Island His- 

 torical .Society — May, 1804, renews his appeal, indorsed by leading citizens — Loans 

 of instruments — Free passage tendered by Mr. Chapell — Hospitable recei)tion at 

 New Londnn — Sails for St. John's 'i'S-AA 



CHAPTER III. 



1 i;«i-M sr. JOHN'S. NEWFOL^'DLAND, TO WINTER QUARTERS ON THE WELCOME. 



July 18 to Octobkr 1, 1864. 

 .Vrrival at St. Jidin's, Newfoundland — Departure for Hudson's Bay — Passage through the 

 Straits — E\<iting capture of two Polar bears — The Monticello lands Hall at Depot 

 Island and cruises for whales — A white man hired from the whalers — The Helen F. 

 takts Hall's party toward the Wager River — Mistakes the latitude, landing them 

 forty miles south— Tents set up and cache made — First meeting with the Innuits 

 from HepiilM' Bay— Inquiries mad<' of them as to Franklin's Expedition— Change of 

 the wawiU— Removal of tui)iks— The Innuits collect their fur di'esses — Their Ire- 

 quent visits t<> Hall's tupiks— Snow-drifts— Wolf-tracks-Snow-partridges— Con- 

 Htructioii of an igloo — Winte; i|uarters 47-70 



CHAPTER IV. 

 liTKiic <.i K-si: wnii riii: i.nmits— their feasts and hunts. 



OcToiJKU TO Dkckmukr :U, 1804. 



Hf»li h iiiiiiiKuatK.ns K. III,. KnlVering— Their gratitude— Feasts described— Ebicrbing 



aiikiHHe.l— An aurora— Magnetic observatory erected— Sledge journey down the 



WeiruMie— Mui*k-<ix liunt— A IV.x .aM;;lit in his (.w n dap— Cust.mis in making 



n-indeer dep-.Mi . \ lM:,r slain- Pi.p;,,ali..i. -.f skins-Hall's seal Ininl-Plii viiig 



