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One of their sledges was made of two stout 

 pieces of wood, wliicli might have been a boat's 

 keel. 



All the old people recollected the visit of the 

 ' Victory.' An old man told me his name was 

 " Ooblooria :" I recollected that Sir James Ross 

 had employed a man of that name as a guide, 

 and reminded him of it ; he was, in fact, the 

 same individual, and he inquired after Sir James 

 by his Esquimaux name of " Agglugga." 



I inquired after the man who was furnished 

 with a wooden leg by the carpenter of the 

 ' Victory :' no direct answer was given, but his 

 daughter was pointed out to me. Petersen ex- 

 plained to me that they do not like alluding in 

 any way to the dead, and that, as my question 

 was not answered, it was certain the man was 

 no longer amongst the living. 



None of these people had seen the whites: 

 one man said he had seen their bones upon the 

 island where they died, but some were buried. 

 Petersen also understood him to say that the 

 boat was crushed by the ice. Almost all of 

 them had part of the plunder; they say they 

 will be here when we return, and will trade 

 more with us ; also that we shall find natives 

 upon Montreal Island at the time of our arriving 

 there. 



