Vebruary, ISfiO. 



Population of Now-yarn. 



217 



children, was forty-three. This number Ou-e-Ja counted up by keep- 

 ing open witli liis finger for Hall the same number of leaves in one 

 of his little volumes — the Book of Psalms. The Eskimos, as is well 

 known, can generally count as far as ten, but after that, they only 

 say, am-a-su-it or mn-a-su-ad-lu (many, a ver}' great many). 



DEATH OF AU-T()0-A. 



Almost every day the whole population came together for the 

 feasts. At times, Hall showed his continued good- will by i^iving 



