296 Journey to Ig-loo-lik. i February, isor. 



passed tlirougli ivory eyelets at tlie end of the traces, its ends were 

 bound together by a toggle. 



When Hall returned, he found that the captains were on a fishing 

 excursion upon a lake seven miles distant. He had to send to them 

 a request for their consent to get other dogs ; he slept that night in 

 his old igloo with Lailor, and the next day rejoined Ou-e-la; his 

 team had already traveled sixty-two miles since their first leaving 

 the ships. 



On the 10th, they passed up the river at the mouth of which 

 they had built their first igloo, and after crossing valleys filled 

 with deep snow, and ascending a very steep hill, built their second 

 hut upon a little lake. Ou-e-ld!s child had already proved an an- 

 noyance by its constant whining and insatiable clamor for bread. 

 On the 11 th, Ross Bay was crossed, in which was observed a tide- 

 hole, half a mile in length, that smoked like a coal-pit. Seals were 

 sporting in it. The day following, they came to an igloo occupied by 

 a ])arty of Innuits, which Ar-movJs brother, with a team of seven dogs, 

 was conducting toward Am-i-toke ; one of the boys of this party, Tuk- 

 kee-U-ke-ta, was the son of Ag-loo-ka,^ a native who was said to have 

 exchanged names with Parry.f An inlet was crossed which was not 

 f<tund on Parry's chart. [For the route see Map, Capter XIL] 



On the 13th, when passing an advance-deposit made by these 

 natives, Ou-e-la liberally helped himself from it to whale and deer 

 meat. The next day, he seemed to have lost the way, wandering about 

 over low ground until, night coming on, he built an igloo on a small 

 pond which was found to be frozen solid. During the whole of the 



* S]M»k<;u of by Parry as being ten years old wl)cn met by him. (Journal, 1821-'23, p. 367.) 



♦ The name Ay-ho-lca appears in Hall's notes as in use by the Innuits at one time for Goss, 

 al aiioilii T lor Crozier, and lure for Parry; it seejus to be a generic term for an oflicer in command. 



