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heavy ones found he knew not where. In Hall's mind, these heavy- 

 ones were, without doubt, obtained from the abandoned ships of 

 Franklin's Expedition; but he shows a free readiness to receive suc-li 

 impressions. 



On the 3d, a Record of his work thus far done was deposited at the 

 proposed point, the bearings of which were noted from a native stone 

 monument 5 feet in height, and from the oven built by Dr. Rae, June 

 23, 1847, for baking with heather the bread described in his Narra- 

 tive. Ou-e-la promised to have care of the cache, and when he should 

 remove to Oog-la-ri-your Island take the Record with him, to secure 

 it from destruction in the summer by any visiting Pelly Bay or 

 Neitchille natives. Parting from Hall next day to go south, he took 

 the friendly word " Ter-hou-e-tie^^ to be passed to the whaling captains 

 when they should arrive. The Innuits, Hall says, never say farewell. 



The sledges for North Pole River now went forward loaded with 

 heavy stores, and over all these Hall's cutlass, knife, compass, and 

 medical book. The course was north 50° east. The sled of Oong-oo- 

 too, who, with I-vit-uJCj had now brought two small teams to join the 

 part}^ for a short journey, soon broke down; it was made of poles 

 only, shod as usual with the fine-chopped moss and ice. Its load was 

 placed upon the others and the dogs distributed among their teams 

 A weight of about 500 pounds of whale-blubber and oil in seal-skins 

 was then brought out from a deposit found on the road to Ou-e-Ja's old 

 igloo, on arriving at which a comfortable meal was made on muk-tnl- ; 

 the sledg-es were unloaded and re- iced. After some ineffectual shots fired 

 into a band of twenty frightened deer, the next halt was made, for build- 

 ing igloos on the ice of Dr. Rae's Christie Lake, lat. 66° 40' 45". The dis- 

 tance made was inconsiderable, but the halt was chiefly for the sake of 



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