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Vegetable and pemmican soup and sea-bread were furnished, witli 

 coffee and isinglass-jelly, and raisins were freely distributed for dessert. 

 Too-koo-li-too waited on the guests. On their rising from the table, 

 many of them placed their hands in front, close by where they had 

 abundantly stowed away the good things, and cried out, "Good! very 

 good ! " 



At the second table, eighteen children were gathered, while the 

 men retired to Ou-e-la^s hut to smoke. At 5 p. m., the men were 

 treated to brandy punch, of which a few sips also were offered to the 

 women, as they had asked Too-koo-li-too to let them taste what their 

 husbands had told them of as a heart-warming and happy-making 

 drink. Erk-tu-a said she had drink of the same kind many times on 

 board Parry's ships, years before. 



The snow-domes were soon after made to ring with the songs of 

 eleven of the women, mingled with the noise of repeated performances 

 by the men on the hey-loiv-tik, and followed by the thunderings of a 

 dance. Each woman had on her forehead a bright brass band, while 

 down one side of her face hung the usual long pig- tail adornment; on 

 her breast was a 10-inch square cloth, the ground-work of which was 

 scarlet, and the fringe, scores of long strings of beads and glass buttons; 

 the body of the breastplate being covered with the same. Ebierbing 

 was called out, and responded with a song, which, according to In- 

 nuit custom, was his own property — not transferable. He had pro- 

 foundly attentive listeners, and Too-koo-li-too said she never had 

 thought her husband could do so well. 



Hall then gave notice through Ebierbing that he had a speech to 

 make, and Ebierbing made quite a speech in giving the notice. Dress- 

 ing as a civilized man and taking a central position under a snow-arch, 

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