336 Hall's Second Arctic Expedition. [ May, 
During the next summer he succeeded in reaching Repulse 
bay, where the winter of 1865-66 was passed, and it was not 
until April, 1866, that he was able to start for King William’s 
Land with a small party of natives, three sledges and eighteen 
dogs. On leaving Fort Hope, at the head of Repulse bay, he fol- 
lowed, as nearly as practicable, Dr. Rae’s route in 1854, to Col- 
ville bay. From here, however, he was obliged, most reluctantly, 
to return to Fort Hope, owing to the hostility of the tribes occu- 
pying the region around Pelly bay and the timidity of his own 
people. He was, however, able to obtain much interesting infor- 
mation concerning the Franklin expedition. 
“Disappointed but not dismayed ” is his entry in his journal on 
his turning back from Colville bay, although he knew another 
winter must elapse before he could hope to reach the goal of his 
journey—the island which witnessed the destruction of the mem- 
orable expedition. The remainder of this year was passed in the 
neighborhood of Repulse bay, the loneliness of his life being ` 
much relieved by the arrival and detention over the winter of four 
whaling ships. 
Interesting accounts are given of the superstitious customs and 
amusements of the Esquimaux. One of the latter is the per- 
formance on the ey-low-tik, their bass drum, the only musical 
instrument Hall found among them, “The drum is made from 
the skin of the deer, which is stretchéd over a hoop made of 
wood, or of bone from the fin of a whale, by the use of a strong 
braided cord of sinew passed around a groove on the outside. 
The instrument weighs about four pounds.” The wooden drum 
stick is called a £en-toon. 
“When the Zey-low-tik is played, the drum-handle is held in 
the left hand of the performer, who strikes the edge of the rim 
opposite that over which the skin is stretched. He holds the 
drum in different positions, but keeps it in a constant fan-like 
motion by his hand and by the blows of the 4en-toon struck 
alternately on the opposite sides of the edge. Skillfully keeping 
the drum vibrating on the handle, he accompanies this with gro- 
tesque motions of the body, and at intervals with a song, while 
the women keep up their own Innuit songs, one after another, 
through the whole performance. 
“ At the first exhibition which Hall witnessed some twenty-five 
men, women and children—every one who could leave home— 
assembled to see the skill of the performers, who would try the 
newly-finished instrument. As usual, the women sat on the plat- 
