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being a female, she had not shed. She was found with young the size 

 of a rabbit; this the Innuits forbade to be taken from lior. Pai'tridges 

 white as snow, rabbits, and a number of snow-birds were seen. On the 

 25th they halted on the ice, in three igloos, and Hall congratulated him- 

 self that he had that day advanced the whole company and stores 17 

 miles; to accomplish which, however, he had made 60 miles, taking 

 in all the advance and return trips necessar}^ for forwarding the stores. 



But the next two days were again lost. The Innuits pleaded that 

 they must go on a musk-ox hunt, and on Hall's consenting to this for 

 one day, they next pleaded that the first day of halt must be one of 

 rest. On the day following, they failed in their hunt, and would not 

 turn aside to secure the deer which were close by. Hall, not willing 

 to be unoccupied, made a side journey to bring up his deposits ; but 

 he was obliged to take the reins into his own hands from the im- 

 petuosity of his young driver, She-nuk-sJwo, who had whipped the 

 dogs so incessantly as to keep them jumping over one another, so 

 that in five minutes the lines became woven and interwoven up to 

 the heels of the hindmost dogs — a very unusual occurrence. With 

 much less whipping, Hall secured as fair speed. On the next day 

 he worked up his observations and obtained from his men the prom- 

 ise of greater haste. Nu-her-zJioo told him they ought to reach Pelly 

 Bay, still 80 miles distant, in three days. 



On the 27th, the fresh provisions being nearly exhausted, the 

 whole party breakfasted on coffee and pemmican ; at a late hour, only 

 a load of stores was pushed forward by Ebierbing and Nu-ker-zhoo. 

 Returning at 10.30 p. m., Ebierbing reported that these had been 

 deposited at a point which, as well as he could make it out l)y l)r 

 Rae's chart, was close by Cape Weynton, on the soutli side of Colvile 



