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among tlie first of their nice who had domiciled in the United States. 

 Too-koo-h-too showed an unexpected knowledge of the geography of 

 her country, reminding Arctic students of the native woman Iligliuh, 

 and of her cliart drawn for Parry. The lecturer himself could not 

 claim the polish or the ease of oratory, but as he handled his subject 

 with tact as well as enthusiasm, he succeeded in seeming close atten- 

 tion on the part of the audience, and was ready to answer numerous 

 inquiries. His friends regretted that, under a general rule against all 

 pay lectures, the Smithsonian Institution could not give him the use of 

 the audience room in which Kane and Hayes had lectured, for he had 

 hoped to interest the officers of the Government at Washington, and 

 obtain an appropriation, and had been encouraged towards this by 

 prominent men. He seems to have been wholly unable to realize how 

 small is the circle of the liberal for scientific purposes and how nar- 

 rowed that circle was at the time by the war. He solicited the aid of 

 the Hon. Henry Wilson, of the United States Senate, to obtain an ap- 

 propriation by Congress of $25,000. 



The proceeds of the lectures were by no means encouraging. He 

 had proof of their having secured man}?- friends in eminent positions, 

 but as to the pecuniary gain '4ie was even worse off than when he 

 started out." The necessary expenses generally devoured the pro- 

 ceeds of admission fees, made low to suit the war times. Contrary to 

 the general supposition, nothing at all adequate to the support of his 

 Eskimos was ever realized from this source ; the contributions for them 

 from Mr. Grinnell, however, exceeded six hundred dollars, and other 

 generous friends not unfrequently volunteered their aid. 



In despite of discouragements. Hall still pushed forward his plans, 

 publishing his first outlines of them in the columns of the New York 



