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where certainly no other white men, if indeed Indians 
or Eskimos, had ever passed. We were still, of course, 
a long way from being out of the Barren Land country, 
but once on the waters of Baker Lake, as we now were, 
the remainder of the road was to some extent known 
to us. 
Before proceeding further with my narrative, I shall 
digress a little, believing that the reader will be inter- 
ested by some particulars concerning the Eskimos. 
Having in former expeditions spent nearly two years 
among these people, I had abundant opportunity for 
studying their habits and customs of life. Some of the 
observations thus made I shall record in the next two 
chapters. 
ICELANDIC SETTLER. 
