nay, J 869. 



Hall Arrives at King William'' s Land. 



399 



within the two weeks following-. Leaving strict charge witli On-e-la 

 as to rationing out provisions in case no seals were cauglit, he took 

 with him only In-nook-poo-zhee-jook and Nu-ker-zhoo and wife ; the first 

 named provingagood guide "A plug 

 of tobacco was given to Jack to oil his 

 mouth, as he had much talking to do 75- 



LOWKK HALF OK DESK. 



to the dogs." The travel averaged two (Deposited at the Sinitlisonian institution.) 



and a half miles per hour, and as night approached, the long-desired 

 sight of the land and the Table-Top Hill on what was called Matheson 

 Isle came in sight. Hall gave three cheers, 

 jotting down on his note-book as he rode, 

 " It is a glorious feeling I have, for I have 



, , -1. r i^ ' c 1 11 (Dei>osite(l at the Smithsonian In- 



been strugghng lor this lor ten years. stitntion.) 



Coming to a group of four occupied igloos, he made his twenty-eighth 

 encampment with them near Booth Point. In these igloos also there 



PART OF DESK. 



NEEDLE-CASE, KING WILLIAM'S LAND. 



was quite a collection of Franklin relics, among which was a mahog- 

 any writing-desk, 18 inches long and 10 wide, on which a bottom 

 board had been put by the natives. It had been recently in use as 



