Miptcmbtr, IS04.I ' C Juingc of the Season. G7 



like game, the hunting parties of the day faiHng to see a singh; living 

 thing — not even a partridge. The moon was full ;ii '.)'' !)'" (irecnw itii 

 time. On the going down of the sea, Hall, with liis new miiii I'Viihiv, 

 Ar-too-a, and Ebierbing, went out in swift pursuit <>f an oolc-f/ook (J'lujca 

 harhata) which they had seen drifting down witli the tide, and s(;('iii- 

 ingly asleep. The Sylvia had been gotten off the rocks b\' the help 

 of the women. But although the party approached the seal cautiousl}-, 

 the noise of the oars awakened him, and he disappeared. 'I'ht* chief 

 Ou-e-la, with one of his wives and a daughter, had early gone <ill tu 

 hunt; the man, gun in hand, carrying on his back a roll of reii ulcer- 

 furs, his dogs being heavily laden with the provisions and cooking 

 utensils placed on their backs saddle-bag fashion, as is the Innuit 

 custom. 



Hall now experienced the beginning of a suffering like one on 

 his first Expedition — the breaking out of boils — brought about by the 

 change of food from the salt meats of ship-life to the raw or partially 

 boiled meats of the Eskimos. The rapid change of the season was also 

 sensibly felt. The nights began to be cold, ice formed on the Insh- 

 water lakes, and there were signs of an approaching snow-stonn. 

 He determined to secure a less exposed place for the tupiks. 



On the 18th, in company with Ar-too-a, Shoo-she-ark-uooh, and 

 Ebierbing, he selected a location for himself and his friends mi the east 

 side of a low ridge of rocks, which \vould serve t<> shield them tmni 

 the cold w^est and northwest winds that would proba])l}- prevail tm- 

 many months to come. His journal says : 



It has been movln^-day with us, and an interesting i.i<ture iiiij,'lit liave been 

 seen; the Innuits and the two Kod-lu-nas, with packs on our backs, trampiu}; 

 along toward our destined new home. OM Mother Ookbar-loo had I'm licr pack a 

 monstrous roll of reindeer skins, which was topped with kettles an.l pans and 



