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trial with my men alone. In one Lour from the time we entered the ice-cold 

 water we had e\'ery spear broken, so that not one in a dozen salmon struck could 

 be saved. Then, all in a hne, behind and by the side of onr net, waist-deep in 

 the pool, we marched, dragging the net and driving the salmon like sheep before 

 us. When well advanced to the upper end of the pool, the water was found to 

 be black with floundering fish. Having reached a narrow place where the net 

 stretched from shore to shore, and penned in the salmon completely, myself, Joe, 

 Frank, and all the rest except Antoine, who played sick, went to work scooping 

 out salmon, and in a few minutes caught one hundred and seventy-five, the total 

 weight of which exceeded 1,000 pounds, for the greater number were quite large. 



The Innuits acknowledged themselves beaten. Hall attributed 

 his success to the use of his excellent Brevoort net, with which he 

 thought he would have even doubled the number taken if he had 

 been allowed the first chance at the pool. 



A most unhappy record is now to be made. From the date of his 

 return from Fur}^ and Hecla Strait some dissatisfaction seems to have 

 been growing among the hired men whom he had left at the encamp- 

 ment when setting out on that journey. They had been lacking in 

 their care of the stores, backward on going out on the hunts, and tardy 

 when absent on these, as well as hurtfully careless in feeding the dogs. 

 The ill-feeling manifested, by several of them toward Hall, arising pos- 

 sibly from the uncertainty as to the time when any ships would appear 

 in the bay to take them to their homes, culminated in the unfortunate 

 affair which is best presented in his own words : 



July 31. — Gave Peter his order to take my rifle and go on a deer-hunt, and 

 to take along Antoine and Pat, and show them where a certain deer he had killed 

 and deposited was, and have them bring it in. The party started off at 10 a. m. 

 A short time after, sent Sam out to get a deer- skin and the buck-meat my Joe had 

 left on his way home yesterday. At 7 p. m., Sam returned, having been unsuc- 

 cessful in finding my Joe's bundle, and at 8 p. m. Antoine and Pat returned, and 

 a few minutes later Peter came in, having seen no deer. Asked Antoine how far 



