226 Beady to Move. [iwarch, isee. 



cal miles (by middle latitude sailing, 9.65.8 ; by Mercator, 959.8)." 

 The coast which this native delineated, and with most of which he 

 was well acquainted, exceeded six times this distance. With all the 

 indentations of the coast from Ig-loo-lik to Eepulse Bay, and thence 

 to Fort Churchill, he still was familiar, except the further or most 

 westerly extent of Chestei-field Inlet. He had been on Southampton 

 Island twice ; the first time drifting there on the ice while walrusing in 

 the winter. From his map and from others drawn by natives, par- 

 ticularly from the sketch of Lyon's Inlet, to be found in a later part of 

 this Narrative, Hall received valuable assistance on his subsequent 

 journeys. 



The occupations of the quiet stay at Fort Hope had included the 

 selecting and preparing the necessary provisions and stores, and putting 

 them up in convenient packages encased in strong bags of India-rubber 

 cloth ; such as could not be carried awa)^ being either cached or cov- 

 ered over in the Sylvia, which was secured from exposure. For Hall's 

 personal comfort, Mam-marh made him a pair of Jcod-lins, or breeches, 

 from the Siberian squirrel-furs presented to him the preceding season 

 by his friend Captain Kilmer. 



On the 30th of March, I-vi-tuk came merrily down to Fort Hope, 

 with all the dogs belonging to See-gar and Ar-goo-moo-too-Uk^ to assist 

 Hall on his proposed journey north. These teams, with some dogs 

 which had been left with him by his friend Ou-e-la, were the best prac- 

 tical assurances of good feeling renewed with his old friends. Daring 

 the winter he had almost despaired of securing a team, and his own 

 stock consisted of but " two female dogs, equal to one good dog, and 

 two puppies, equal to a quarter of a good dog." He had been unable 

 to obtain others at a lower price than a double-barreled gun for each. 



