2yt; The Dogs Poorly Fed. [February, iser. 



of which N\a.s gi\eii to the hungry beasts, who had already broken 

 into the storeliouse, and twice nearly eaten up their harness. 



Awaking- at one o'clock the next morning, Hall pulled his ther- 

 mometer into the njloo by a string, and found that the temperature 

 was 30^ bekiw zero. Looking tln-ough the hole, he observed that 

 tlic wind liad died away, the sky was clear, and the moon was shining 

 brightK . Fining his coffee-pot then with ice, he hung it over the fire- 

 himj). and, after resting for an hour or more, made his coffee, packed 

 up. and again started. Ou-e-laJs child a second time proved very trou- 

 Ijlesome, causing repeated halts ; but by evening Hall had advanced 

 aljout twent\-two miles, wlien the party built an igloo large enough to 

 bring witliin it all their goods for safety from the dogs, which had be- 

 came }et more savage, for even while feeding, the fierce brutes were 

 with ditliculty controlled. In the morning, when the igloo was un- 

 sealed, they rushed into the passage-way, wedging Oot-pik in it so 

 tight that lie could not move, and was released only after Ou-e-la and 

 Hall had linished iK>unding them out of the hut. 



Hn tli(^ isth and liith, he was again gale-bound; his notes express 

 hiri feelings in the words " Too bad ; but God overrules all." The 

 l.M.d ".n this day was of stinking ook-gook and whale-meat of a greenish 

 tint, buttered with strong whale-blubber. Ou-e-la thought it would 

 take at lea^st five days yet to reach Am-i-toke — discouraging enough, 

 for the plan was to be l)a(k at the ships in time to start for King 

 Willliaiirrt L;in<l March I.'), l)ut this it now seemed impossible to effect. 



' ' the; 20th, the temperature was —10° at noon, but the wind 

 was ,,,,ii.. strong, and the drifting snow beat fiercely in their faces; 

 y«-t a hteaming cloud .,1' Napor rose from the dogs as they ran along. 

 Hall thought that if tin- w.-atli.T mod. -rated thev would not irive out 



