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Pond's Bay Natives. 



amazingly, tearing off the raw flesh with his teeth ; 

 observing me watching him intently, he offered me 

 a piece, but I need not say the tempting morsel 

 was declined. In consequence of its being a cloudy 

 day I was unable, much to my disappointment, to 

 get sights. In the afternoon we suffered for our 



Esquimaux dogs. 



warm temperature by a perfect drenching down- 

 pour of good heavy rain, which lasted many hours. 

 The natives sought shelter at once. They appear 

 to have a great abhorrence of water — at any rate, 

 I can vouch that none is ever used by them for 

 cleansing purposes. 



I am sorry to say we are again without our 



