214 Bemoval to Now-yarv. (jonuary, isee. 



reoarding liis tlieiinoineter only, which, because of an air-bubble in 

 the tube, did not indicate the true lower temperature of 'iC^. 



Having always taken great care of his Arctic library, even in his 

 removals from place to place, he again devoted his spare hours to 

 study. Finding his books, in the early part of the season, in great 

 danger of being injured by the dampness, he attempted by himself to 

 build for them a new igJoo ; but, while cutting the blocks a short dis- 

 tance off, Ar-mou quickly cut out others from the spot on which the 

 ifjJoo was to be built, and surprised him on his return by presenting 

 him with a completed dome. Not long after. Hall succeeded in build- 

 ing a cook-igloo, when Ar-mou and Ebierbing, skilled as they were in 

 such work, showed their surprise that a koh-lu-na had built it so well; 

 saying that they would never feel alarmed about him if caught out 

 alone in the storms, for he could easily protect himself. 



The removal to Now-yarn had taken place on the 1st of Decem- 

 licr, when Hall received a visit from Nu-her-zhoo, Ou-e-la, and his half- 

 Ijiotlier, Oong-oo-cJwo, from their settlement at that place, about sixteen 

 miles to the eastward. He was busy at his skin-dressing when Ou-e-la 

 suddenly appeared, pushing in before him into the igloo a present of 

 wlude-blubber and muk-tiik. The approach of the party had not been 

 noticed because of the thickness of the weather. Cordial srreetinors 

 were iollowed by feasting through the evening, and after the igloo was 

 sealed, a lengthy conference was held, as the result of which it was 

 dctcniiineil iliat Hall, with Ebierbing, Too-koo-li-too, and Ar-mou and 

 lii> laiiiily, should spend the rest of the winter at Now-yarn. 



TIm- laiLK t i^art of the stores being deposited amid the rocks, and 

 Hall lia\iii;^ made two trips to Rae's oven in which he now stored his 

 inediciiie-chests and smaller articles, the move was begun under bright 



