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Isabel and the bark Concordia, and on the 25th the Helen F., snugly 

 anchored west of the island. The captains of these vessels went 

 ashore and expressed their kindly interest in Hall's purposes, offerinrr 

 him also comfortable accommodations on their ships if he slioiild com- 

 plete his work before the expiration of their cruises. Capt. li. \. 

 Chapel, of the Tender, spent much of the day on Hall's "flafr-staff hill," 

 from which he had sighted the ships while making liis observations. 



He now secured his first assistant. Charles Rudolph, a German, 

 one of the crew of the Isabel, having learned Hall's wish to employ 

 a white man as a companion on the expedition, volunteered to go 

 with him and went ashore for an interview, bearing high recommenda- 

 tions from his officers. He had spent one previous winter among the 

 Innuits. He was very closely questioned in regard to what he knew 

 of Innuit life and what trials he supposed he would have if he went on 

 this intended journey of from two and a half to three years, and his 

 replies were so satisfactory that, taking them in connection with the 

 recommendation of his officers (Mr. Gardner, the second mate, being 

 an old acquaintance), Hall had no hesitation in accepting the proposal. 

 The experience of his First Expedition had taught him that "the man 

 from the land of civilization who should accompany him, must be one 

 whom he well knew, and one that would face disappointments, depriva- 

 tions of food without a murmur, endure with stout heart storms, cold, 

 and hard labor without flinching, and be truthfully obedient and trust- 

 worthy every way." Before setting out, he had refused many appli- 

 cations from persons in the United States and Canada, under the feel- 

 ing that unless he knew them intimately he might regret having taken 

 a companion when it would be too late for a remedy. It may Ix' 

 remarked in passing that the letters containing such applications found 



