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kick in tiie head, he dispatches the young one. Then he lies 

 in wait for the mother seal to return to her young, when she 

 is promptly harpooned. 



While Kudlah was entertaining us, Tawanah and the two 

 women came out of the igloo. The latter were very much 

 interested in me, and wanted to know if there were any more 

 women like me at Redcliffe. When told that there were not, 

 but that they were plentiful in the American country, they 

 asked, "Are they all so tall, and so white, and have they all 

 such long hair? We never have seen women like you." 



Our driver had been refreshing himself with seal and blub- 

 ber, and Mr. Peary now called to him to untangle the dogs, as 

 we wished to continue our journey. This he did not like, and 

 said the people were all gone, and there was no use in going 

 any farther up the gulf. The snow, he said, was very deep, 

 and the dogs would not be able to pull the load; but Mr. 

 Peary was firm in his decision to push on to the head of the 

 gulf, if possible, in order to complete his surveys. Accord- 

 ingly, at four A. SI. we started again, and to our surprise Kud- 

 lah and Tawanah accompanied us. When questioned as to 

 their destination, Tawanah said they had a lot of sealskins 

 and young seals at Nanatochsuahmy which he wanted to give 

 Mr. Peary, and they were going as far as his igloo with us. 



In about three hours we came to a small island, and here 

 we pitched camp. After a hearty supper of Boston baked 

 beans, corned beef, and stewed tomatoes, with tea and crackers, 

 we turned in, and what a delightful sleep we had ! The sun 



