iTinrcii, 1S67.J Thf NcH' Disappointment .'*>09 



E-nii-men and Oot-piJi cjinglit the same spirit, so far as to iiiako 

 inexcusable delays ; and these were increased by the usual experi- 

 ences of gales which bound Hall a day or more at a time, and to- 

 ward the last of the journey, by the complete giving-out of the Low 

 sledge, on the temperature rising to 1G°. All the dogs were then 

 attached to the large sledge in the midst of a furious snow-drift. 

 They were showing their faintness for want of food by their tails 

 standing straight out, instead of curling over their backs. As the 

 result of all these causes of delay, the speed was never more than 

 three miles per hour, and generally less. On the 24th, however, they 

 had struck the land, from which their course was nearly direct to the 

 head of the bay ; on the 31st, they again sighted the ships. 



This journey for dogs had cost Hall fifty-two more days of pre- 

 cious time, during which his sufferings appear to have been borne 

 with his usual fortitude. He now found that his proposed journey to 

 King William's Land was again utterly arrested. Two months before, 

 when he had his men seemingly secured, the captains' plea had been 

 that they could not spare the dogs. He had now returned from 

 Ig-loo-lik with his own full team; but the whaling season is open, and 

 he is behind time ; they cannot spare a man. Hall could })unish 

 Ou-e-Ia, as he now did, by seizing all his dogs and holding them until 

 he had given penitent pledges for future good conduct. But it is not 

 surprising that for a number of days he lay sick and almost hopeless 

 in his igloo. His feelings, however, and his relations to the masters of 

 the vessels will be best learned from the following letter, addressed to 



one of them at this time : 



My Snow-House ]^]ncamp3ient, 



Eepidse Bay, April 12, 18C7. 

 My Dear Sir : Your note of tliis date, solicitiuj;- my company on board 

 your vessel to tea this evening, lias been received. I thank you for tliis kindly 



