180 Too-koo-U-too III. [juiy, ises. 



Tlie seal was then worked out by the hole made at the head. If any 

 small rent had been accidentally made, it was carefully sewed up 

 before tilling. 



Just before their removal to Oog-la-ri-your, the natives had been 

 suffering from very severe colds and pains in the chest ; some had 

 entirely lost their voices. Hall's medicines had been in frequent 

 requisition, particularly for the relief of Skoo-sJie-ark-nook, now saved a 

 second time from dying; but he believed that the improvement in their 

 habits of living which he had induced the natives to make, had yet more 

 to do with his success as a practitioner. His own health was again gen- 

 erally good. On the top of this island of Ooglariyour were the 

 remains of the merry Ivit-clmk of Dr. Rae's party, and those of his 

 wife. Ou-e-Ja told Hall that at one time very many Innuits lived 

 there, but nearly all had died off. 



He was detained at this twenty-second encampment, lat. 66° 19', 

 long. 85° 23', throughout the whole month and until the 7th of 

 August, by the severe illness of Too-koo-li-too from an attack of 

 pneumonia. His notes on one of the days of her illness are: "Her 

 symptoms are of the most serious character. She raises blood direct 

 from her lungs. I feel that I have neglected to teach these children 

 of the North their religious duties. Indeed, I feel that I need myself 

 a teacher, and I am brought to know that I need a new heart. O, may 

 I learn from the glorious Bible my duty, and by the help of God per- 

 form it." Ho much interested her by reading from the scripture his- 

 t<»ry, especially that of Joseph, which story she in turn went over 

 again to her husl)aiid. Hannah was still under the influence of super- 

 stition. It nquiicd ;i long and patient reasoning to convince her when 

 sick that she ((.iild eat anything which Ou-e-la brought in, for the 



