246 Man-Lines to Help the Dogs. lAprii, is66. 



William's Land would be at the points used by Lieutenant McClin- 

 tock in the expedition of the Fox ; in general, they would be found at 

 the end of a line 25 feet north from stone monuments which he would 

 build. Oonff-oo-too, who was now about to return to Repulse Bay, had 

 special instructions to Ou-e-Ia to deliver these letters to any whale- 

 ships which should come in ; and he, as well as I-vit-uk, were re- 

 warded for their past services with all the tobacco which could be 

 o-athered from Hall's, Nu-ker-zliod's, Ar-mou^s, and Ebierbing's pocl jts. 



On the withdrawal of their teams. Hall was gratified to find that 

 he still had three strong sledges and a team of eighteen dogs including 

 two powerful old ones ; which would be enough for even the three 

 usual daily trips — the advance, with its return, and the forward journey. 

 Making an early start, with the wind and temperature in their favor, 

 after a fair new advance, they made their usual repast on frozen veni- 

 son, slaking their thirst through a hole chiseled 6 feet into the ice, 

 over which the snow lay 18 inches deep. Having here an ascent to 

 overcome, "man-lines" were prepared from ooh-gook skin for harness- 

 ing helpers to the dogs ; these were made fast to one of the sledge 

 cross-bars, and as near the stern as possible, and were long enough to 

 harness a man on each side of the head of the sled. Both Mam-mark 

 and Xu-ker-zJioo having forgotten at this point the northern route taken 

 b\' them twelve years before, Hall chose the left of two routes open- 

 ing toward Pelly Bay, believing that this was Dr. Rae's route. On 

 the l.'jth, ke})t within their huts by a gale, the day was spent by the In- 

 Iiniuits feasting and playing dominoes; in the evening Hall had renewed 

 (•r»nversati(>ns with Xn-ker-zlioo and his wife about Franklin's Expedition. 



Delays increased. But little disposition was now found among 

 tlic Iiniuits, (•!• oven in I'^bierbing, to push on to King William's Land. 



