Eskimo in Reindeer Tent, Okkak. 



CHAPTER XV 



ON THE ESQUIMAUX OR ESKIMO 



IT was a still moonlight night, and the Albert lay at 

 anchor in one of those numberless creeks in which 

 the venturous fishermen hide away their schooners, 

 while in their small boats they are snatching from 

 the very edges of the reefs their precious fares of 

 fish. 



We were below decks, dressing the wounds, of a 

 fisherman in the Albert's little cabin, the only sounds 

 being the moan of my patient or the lapping of the 

 water against the ship's side, when the silence was 

 suddenly broken by the sound as of many voices 

 singing. The air was very familiar : 



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