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which we gleaned upon the spot may thus be 

 summed up : — 



This victim was a young man, sHghtly built, 

 and perhaps above the common height; the 

 dress appeared to be that of a steward or officer's 

 servant, the loose bow-knot in which his neck- 

 handkerchief was tied not being used by sea- 

 men or officers. In every particular the dress 

 confirmed our conjectures as to his rank or 

 office in the late expedition, — the blue jacket 

 with slashed sleeves and braided edging, and 

 the pilot-cloth great-coat with plain covered 

 buttons. We found, also, a clothes-brush near, 

 and a horn pocket-comb. This poor man seems 

 to have selected the bare ridge top, as affording 

 the least tiresome walking, and to have fallen 

 upon his face in the position in which we found 

 him. 



It was a melancholy truth that the old woman 

 spoke when she said, " they fell down and died 

 as they walked along." 



I do not think the Esquimaux had discovered 

 this skeleton, or they would have carried off the 

 brush and comb : superstition prevents them 

 from disturbing their own dead, but would not 

 keep them from appropriating the property of 

 the white man if in any way useful to them. 

 Dr. Eae obtained a piece of flannel, marked 



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