CHAPTER II. 



Hall lectures for his personal support and that of the two Eskimos— His care 

 OF these people ; death of Tuk-ee-li-kee ta — Friends gained for the Second Expe- 

 dition — Plan of an Expedition submitted by Hall, March 17, 1863, to Mr. Grin- 

 nell and R. H. Chapell, of New London, Conn. — Hall's preference for a plan 

 which would not include whaling — Financial difficulties — Embarrassments in 

 forming new friendships — determination to go out a second time, even for an 

 absence of ten years — Expectation of finding new whaling grounds— Corre- 

 spondence ON this subject with Mr. R. H. Chapell and Professor Bache, Superin- 

 tendent United States Coast Survey — Disappointment as to assistance from the 

 legislature and from the New York Chamber of Commerce— Failure to obtain 

 A loan of instruments from the government — Card to the public, postponinc^ 

 THE Expedition to another year — Hall resumes work on the "Arctic Re- 

 searches" — Lectures before the Long Island Historical Society — May, ld64. 



RENEWS HIS APPEAL, INDORSED BY LEADING CITIZENS— LOANS OF INSTRUMENTS— FREE 

 PASSAGE TENDERED BY Mr. CHAPELL— HOSPITABLE RECEPTION AT NEW LONDON — SAILS 



FOR St. .John's. 



His first expedition having secured an honorable place in history, 

 Hall now entered upon a course of lectures, chiefly with the design of 

 convincing the public of his probable success on renewing exploration ; 

 but with the additional reasons found in the necessity for securing 

 support for himself and for his two Eskimo friends. He seems to have 

 been carefully mindful of their welfare. "Everything," he wrote to 

 Captain Budington, "must be done to protect the health of these peo- 

 ple ; the assistance which I hope to receive from them on my sledge 

 trip is too important for us to relax our exertions to have them com- 

 fortable." For their benefit he accepted offers of compensation for 



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