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his name was Al-lah or El-leh. On referring 

 to Parry's ' Narrative,' I found that the ice-mate, 

 Mr. Elder, died at Igloolik ! This is a very 

 remarkable confirmation of the locality, — for 

 there are several places called Igloolik. She 

 also told us it was an island, and near a strait 

 between two seas. The Esquimaux take con- 

 siderable pains to learn, and remember names ; 

 this woman knows the names of several of the 

 whahng captains, and the old chief at De Eos 

 Islet remembered Captain Inglefield's name, and 

 tried hard to pronounce mine. 



She now told us of another wreck upon the 

 coast, but many days' journey to the south of 

 Pond's Bay ; it came there before her first 

 •child was born. Her age is not less than forty- 

 five. 



August 4dh. — Our Esquimaux friends have 

 departed from us with every demonstration of 

 friendship, to return to their village. We have 

 had free communication with them for four 

 days— not only through Mr. Petersen, but also 

 through our two Greenlanders ; the result is, 

 that they have no knowledge whatever of 

 either the missing or the abandoned searching 

 ships. Neither wrecked people nor wrecked 

 ships have reached their shores. They seemed 

 to be much in want of wood ; most of what 



