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SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY 



February suers - ^ e was found dead the following day at the distance of three-quarters 

 of a mile from the ships. 



Frid. 8. On the 8th we were visited by a musical party of females, consisting only of 

 a few individuals expressly invited for this purpose. A number of the officers 

 assembled in the cabin to hear this vocal concert, while Mr. Henderson and 

 myself took down the notes of their songs, for which indeed they gave us 

 every opportunity, for I thought they would never leave off. We afterwards 

 amused them by our little band of flutes and violins, and also by some songs, 

 with the whole of which they were extremely well pleased. I feared several of 

 them, and especially Iligliuk, would have gone into fits with delight when we 

 introduced into our song some of their names mingled with our own. While 

 most of us were thus employed, Captain Lyon took the opportunity of making 

 drawings of some of the women, especially o f Togolat, the prettiest of the party, 

 and perhaps of the whole village. She was about six and twenty years of age, 

 with a face more oval than that of Esquimaux in general, very pretty eyes 

 and mouth, teeth remarkably white and regular, and possessing in her carriage 

 and manners a degree of natural gracefulness, which could not be hid even 

 under the disguise of an Esquimaux woman's dress, and, as was usual with 

 Togolat, the dirtiest face of her whole tribe. Her husband Ewerat, a little 

 ugly man of about five-and-forty, was the only individual among them laying 

 claim to the title of Angetkook, and was in reality a sensible obliging man, 

 and a first-rate seal-catcher. They had two children, one of which, a little 

 girl, Togolat still occasionally suckled and, according to custom, carried in the 

 hood behind her back ; the other a boy about eight years of age, quite an 

 idiot, deaf and dumb from his birth, and squinting most horribly with both 

 eyes. 



Finding that these poor creatures were now really in want of food, for the 

 men had again returned from an unsuccessful excursion, I was happy to avail 

 myself of a hint given to me by Captain Lyon to furnish them occasionally 

 with a small supply of bread-dust, of which we had two or three casks in 

 each ship. Our present party was therefore, in addition to other articles, 

 supplied with several pounds, which they immediately expressed their in- 

 tention to take home to their children. Several of them visited the ships as 

 Sat. 9- usual on the 9th, and among the rest Ka-oong-ut and his son Toolooak. The 

 old gentleman was not a favourite with us, being the only one who had yet 

 begun to tease us by constant begging. We had often expressed displeasure 

 at this habit, which after a day or two's acquaintance began to be extremely 



