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to whom the - di principally belonged, but the men 

 were eager any thing thai was mad.- of iron. 



Tiny were supplied with hatchets, files, ice chisi 

 fire-steels, [ndian awls, and fish-hooks. They v. 

 vny anxiuus to proenre knives, bul as each was in | 



sion of one, I reserved the few which we had for 

 another occasion. The quarter from whence ti 

 knives were obtained, will appear in a subsequent part 

 of the narrative. It was amusing to see the purp 

 to which they applied the different articles given to 

 them ; some of the men danced about with a large 

 cod-tish hook dangling from the nose, others stuck an 

 awl through the same part, and the women immedi- 

 ately decorated their dresses with the ear-rings, thim- 

 bles, or whatever trinkets they received. There was 

 in the party a great proportion of elderly persons, wdio 

 appeared in excellent health, and were very active. 

 The men wen- stout and robust, and taller than Au- 

 gustus, or than those seen on the east coast by Cap- 

 tain Tarry. Their cheek- bones were less projecting 

 than the representations given of the Esquimaux on 



the eastern coast, but they had the small eye, and 

 broad 0086, w Inch ever distinguish that people. Ex- 

 cept the young persons, the whole party were afflicted 

 with sore eyes, arising from exposure to the glare of 



ice and snow, and two of the old men were nearly 

 blind. They wore the hair on the upper Lip and chin ; 



