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breaks up. This tribe do not make use of 

 nets, but are tolerably successful with the 

 hook and line. Their cooking utensils are 

 made of pot-stone, and they form very neat 

 dishes of fir, the sides being made of thin 

 deal, bent into an oval form, secured at the 

 ends by sewing, and fitted so nicely to the 

 bottom as to be perfectly water-tight. They 

 have also large spoons made of the horns 

 of the musk oxen. 



Akaitcho and the Indians arrived at our 

 tents in the evening, and we learned that 

 they had seen the Esquimaux the day 

 before, and endeavoured, without success, 

 to open a communication with them. They 

 exhibited no hostile intention, but were 

 afraid to advance. Akaitcho, keeping out 

 of their sight, followed at a distance, ex- 

 pecting that, ultimately, finding themselves 

 enclosed between our party and his, they 

 would be compelled to come to a parley 

 with one of us. Akaitcho had seen Terre- 

 gannoeuck soon after our departure ; he 

 was much terrified, and thrust his spear at 

 him as he had done at Augustus; but was 



