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CONTENTS. 



summoned on Board. — Great Excitement. — Adieu to Bear Sound, Lupton Chan- 

 nel, and French Head. — Arrival on Board. — The Ship free from Ice. — Prepar- 

 ations for Sailing. — Visit to Ebierbing and Tookoolito. — Their readiness to go 

 to America. — August 9th, 1862, the George Henry lifts Anchor, and gets under 

 way for Home. — Friendly Adieux to the Natives. — Once more at Sea. — First Sign 

 of Civilization for twenty Months. — Newfoundland. — Pilot comes on Board. — 

 First News of the War. — Kindly Reception at St. John's. — Arrival at New Lon- 

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The Innuit Name. — Character of the People. — Their domestic Life. — Peculiar Cus- 

 toms concerning Women. — Social and political Life. — Theological Ideas. — Be- 

 lief in a God. — The Angekos. — Mingumailo and his two Wives. — His Rage 

 against Koojesse. — Superstitious Customs of the Innuits. — Customs connected 

 with Hunting. — Innuit Christmas and New Year.— Innuit Language. — Innuit Cos- 

 tume. — Native Sagacity in studying Natural History. — Anecdotes of the Seal — 

 of the Polar Bear. — Innuit Ingenuity. — Always ready in Emergencies. — Con- 

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CHAPTER XXXVII. 



INNUIT OR ESQUIMAUX CHARACTER, CUSTOMS, ETC. 



APPENDIX. 



I. The Present of the Rescue 



II. Sums paid on Account of the Arctic Research Expedition 



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III. Danish Currency. 



IV. Pim-ma-in, or Chiefs, 

 V. Frobishers Gold 



VI. The Wreck of the George Henry, 



VIL Bob's Measurement 



VIII. Frobisher's Expeditions 



IX. The Loss of the Bark Kitty, 



X. Mineralogical and Geological Specimens. 

 XL Arctic Sledge 



