38 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



of a variety of beads, needles, and other 

 articles in great demand among females. 



It is probable these Esquimaux go from 

 this shore to some part of Labrador to pass 

 the winter, as parties of them have been 

 frequently seen by the homeward-bound 

 Hudson's Bay ships in the act of crossing 

 the Strait. 



They appear to speak the same language 

 as the tribe of Esquimaux who reside near 

 to the Moravian settlements in Labrador ; 

 for we perceived they used several of the 

 words which had been given to us by the 

 Missionaries at Stromness. 



Towards evening, the captain, being de- 

 sirous to get rid of his visitors, took an 

 effectual method by tacking from the shore ; 

 our friends then departed, apparently in 

 high glee at the harvest they had reaped. 

 They paddled away very swiftly, and would 

 doubtless soon reach the shore, though it 

 was distant ten or twelve miles. 



Not having encountered any of the ice, 

 which usually arrests the progress of ships 

 in their outward passage through the Straits, 



