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SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DISCOVERY 



ApriJ duck species, about the open water near the margin of the ice ; but our dis- 

 \^r»u tance from this was so great that we never saw any of them, and the weather 

 was yet too cold to station a shooting party in that neighbourhood. Dove- 

 kies were now also numerous, and a gull or two of the silvery species had 

 been seen. 



Sun. 20. On the 20th after divine service, I took the opportunity of Captain Lyon 

 and his people being on board the Fury, to communicate to the assembled 

 officers and ship's companies my intentions respecting the future movements 

 of the Expedition ; at the same time requesting Captain Lyon to furnish me 

 with a list of any of the Hecla's men that might volunteer to remain out, as 

 it would be necessary to fill up, or perhaps even to increase the complement 

 of the Fury. 



Our preparations were therefore immediately commenced, a twelve months' 

 provision and other stores being received by the Fury, and various necessary 

 exchanges made in anchors, cables, and boats ; and in the course of a single 

 fortnight the whole of these were transported from ship to ship without any 

 exposure or labour to the men outside their respective ships, our invaluable 

 dogs having performed it for us with astonishing ease and expedition. It 

 was a curious sight to watch these useful animals walking off with a bower- 

 anchor, a boat, or a topmast without any difficulty ; and it may give some 

 idea of what they are able to perform to state, that nine dogs of Captain 

 Lyon's dragged sixteen hundred and eleven pounds a distance of seventeen 

 hundred and fifty yards in nine minutes, and that they worked in a similar 

 way between the ships for seven or eight hours a day. The road was, 

 however, very good at this time, and the dogs the best that could be pro- 

 cured. 



Mon. 21. On the 21st Koo-eet-see-arioo, who had for a fortnight past been in a sad 

 fidget about going away, and who had now no complaint but debility, at 

 length took his departure. He was fortunate in leaving us at a time of the 

 year when exposure to the air was of comparatively little importance, and he 

 subsequently recovered his health sufficiently to resume all his occupations. 

 I regret to add that the case was different with our late patient Innooksioo, 

 who, having suffered a relapse when at a distance from us, died about this 

 time, as we were afterwards informed by the other Esquimaux. His widow, 

 Amlo-tooinyak, was well taken care of, living in old Nannow's hut for some 

 time, and shortly after becoming the second wife of Ootooguak, one of his sons. 



