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sufficiently prepared liiiii, lie introduced the in- 

 fection. The disease appeared in due time, but he 

 died in three days after; so fatal is that disorder 

 to this race of mortals! 



This was a very great mortification and disap- 

 pointment to me; for, as I intended, at a future 

 period, to have visited all the northern tribes of 

 Esquimaux, I had brought home this boy, in order 

 to put him to school to be instructed in the Eng- 

 lish language; intending him for my interpreter. 

 Through him I should have been enabled to have 

 gained full information of their religion, customs 

 and manners. At the same time, I should have 

 im]iroved myself in their language, my dealings 

 with his countrj^nen would have been greatly 

 facilitated, and I should have acquired much 

 knowledge of the northern parts of the coast. 



THE END OF THE SECOND VOYAGE, AND FIRST VOLUME. 



