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HISTORY OF THE SEA. 



and a party of Esquimaux coming towards them. From these 

 »v was learned that, returning from a hunting expedition, they 

 had found the ship fastened to the shore, and the crew living 

 in the hut they had constructed. That having resolved to leave 

 the ship, the head man had given them the ship, and the party 

 had started off towards the south. Soon after the white men 



ESQUIMAUX. 



had gone, a gale had broken the ship away from her fastenings 

 and she had drifted a mile or two away and finally sunk in 

 shallow water. A visit to the hut confirmed the story of these 

 Esquimaux. The hut was a comfortable construction, built of 

 planks, roofed with sail-cloth, and provided inside with bunks, 



