738 THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



that time until this the sun has been going around and around, 

 and the moon around and around after her, trying still to catch 

 her. The bright light of the sun is caused by the taper which 

 the maiden carries; while the moon, having lost his taper, is 

 cold, and could not be seen but for his sister's light. One side 

 of his face being smeared with soot, is therefore black, while 

 the other side is clean ; and he turns one side or the other toward 

 the earth as suits his pleasure. 



That cluster of stars in " Ursa Major," which we designate as 

 " the dipper," they call a herd of ' took-took," (reindeer.) The 

 stars of " Orion's belt," seen far away in the south, are seal- 

 hunters who have lost their way. The " Pleiades " are a pack of 

 dogs in pursuit of a bear. Other clusters and other stars have 

 other names. The aurora borealis is caused by the spirits at 

 play with one another. Rain is the overflowing of the heavenly 

 lakes on the ever-green banks of which live the happy spirits 

 who have taken up their abode in the skies, where sunshine and 

 summer are eternal. These happy spirits have abundance to eat 

 without the trouble of catching it. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 



M'CLINTOCK'S SEARCH. 



THE search for the Sir John Franklin party has occupied such 

 a large amount of public attention in both hemispheres, that it 

 is next in interest to the discovery of the Pole itself. A sum- 

 mary of the several expeditions sent out from England and 

 America for the search or relief of Franklin and his men has 

 been given in an earlier part of this book. Of these the most 

 important, because it obtained the greatest success, was an expe- 

 dition commanded by Capt. F. L. McClintock, who sailed from 

 England, in the steamer Fox, July 2, 1857, one-half the expenses 

 of the expedition being borne by Lady Franklin. 



McClintock did not go into winter quarters with his ship untU 



