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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Continue the Voyage. — Land on an Island. — Innuit Insolence. — Leave Kingaite 

 Coast for the North Side of the Bay of Frobisher. — Arrive at nineteenth Encamp- 

 ment. — Innuit Superstition. — Extraordinary Scenes. — Singular Customs. — Twen- 

 tieth Encampment. — Drinking Deer's Blood. — Twenty-first Encampment. — 

 More Ankooting. — Mystical Songs. — "Fool's Gold."— Parting with old Too-loo- 

 ka-ah. — Arrival at Niountelik. — Proceed to Kodlunarn, or "White Man's" Isl- 

 and. — Important Discoveries. — Ship's Trench. — Ruins of Stone Houses. — Coal 

 and Tile. — Return to Niountelik and encamp. — Next Day's Search. — Cruise in 

 " Countess of Warwick Sound." — The American Flag again upraised. — Arrive 

 at Tikkoon. — Discovery of a heavy Piece of Iron. — Passage across the Sound. — 

 Strong Breeze. — Proceed up Victoria Bay. — Magnificent Scenery. — Precipitous 

 Mountains. — A Cave. — A Seal floating on the Waters. — Ekkelezhun. — A fine and 

 secure Harbor. — Discovery of several Tons of Coal and Flint-stones. — Return to 

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CHAPTER XXVII. 

 A Storm. — Detained at Niountelik. — Examine the Island. — Another Deposit of 

 Coal found. — Specimens collected. — Revisit Kodlunarn. — Minute Inspection. — 

 More Relics found of Frobisher's Expedition. — A large Piece of Iron. — The 

 "Ship's Trench." — Depart on return to Ship. — Twenty-sixth Encampment. — 

 Revisit the Whaling Depot. — Passage through Bear Sound. — Twenty-seventh and 

 last Encampment by Lupton Channel. — Innuit Deposits of Food. — Good Faith 

 and Honesty of the Natives toward each other. — Avoidance of the "Dreaded 

 Land." — Last Day's Journey. — Arrive near Parker's Bay. — Anxiety and Excite- 

 ment as to the Ship. — Gain Sight of her. — Arrival on Board. — All well ! 435 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

 Visit the friendly Natives. — Ebierbing and Tookoolito. — A Surprise. — Birth of a 

 Son. — Artarkparu's Information. — More concerning Frobisher's Expedition. — A 

 great Number of Innuits around the Ship. — They all concur in the traditionary 

 History given to me. — Author's Anxiety to renew his Discoveries. — Another Boat- 

 trip. — Cross the Bay to Chapell Inlet. — Camp for the Night. — Continue the Voy- 

 age. — Bad Weather. — Heavy Gale. — Encamp once more. — Visit an Innuit Depot 

 of Food. — A severe Hurricane. — Boat- voyage abandoned. — Return to the Ship. — 

 Capture of two Whales. — A Man dangerously hurt by a Whale 442 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



The Anvil. — Preparations for returning Home. — Excursion to Bayard Taylor Pass. 

 — Hard Climbing. — An extensive View. — The Ice Pack in Davis's Strait. — A 



rapid Descent. — Return to the Ship. — Startling Announcement of Captain B . 



— Another Winter in the Ice. — General Gloom. — A bitter Disappointment. — How 

 to live and keep Warm. — Innuit Simplicity regarding Money. — Author's Prop- 

 osition concerning Stores 451 



CHAPTER XXX. 



Sick Mam-ma-yat-che-ung immured in a living Tomb ! — The dying Woman lingers 

 for Weeks, almost starving. — The Aurora Borealis. — A magnificent Display. — 

 Strange Custom relating to new Mothers. — Nukertou's Grave. — More singular 

 Customs. — A Talk with the Dead. — Presents to the Departed. — Life in the Win- 



