CONTENTS. 



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possess the Truth concerning Franklin's Expedition. — More Information. — The 

 Dreaded Land. — Preparations for Summer Work. — Illness of Tookoolito. — Ex- 

 ploration at Head of Field Bay.— Dangerous Traveling on the Ice.— Pools of 

 Water formed.— Arrive on Land.— Extensive View.— A beautiful Grassy Plain. 

 Comparison with Greenland. — Lands behind the Coast, at this Part, very fer- 

 tile. Reindeer numerous. — Return to the Ship Page 273 



CHAPTER XVII. 



A successful Deer-hunt. — Venison. — Another Journey. — Se-ko-se-lar Innuits. — 

 The Land Pass.— Magnificent Scenery.— Countess of Warwick Sound.— Impor- 

 tant Discovery.— Piece of Brick.— Relic of Frobisher's Expedition.— Sledge-drive 

 in a Snow-storm.— A Whirl in the Snow.— An involuntary Slide.— Value of a 

 Compass.— Safe Arrival on Board. — Anniversary of Departure from Home- 

 State of the Ice.— "Man-traps."— The Whale Depot.— Plenty of fresh Meat.— 

 Stranger Innuits arrive.— A startling Tale.— Two Boats of White Men land on 

 the Coast.— First Idea concerning them.— After-knowledge of the Truth.— Loss 

 of the English Store-ship Kitty.— The Locality of Sekoselar.— Innuit Informa- 

 tion. — Head of Frobisher Bay. — Tradition of Parry's Voyage. — Old Innuits re- 

 member visiting him. — Extract from his Narrative. — Sekoselar Innuits dislike 

 civilization Food.— "Barbarous Stuff."— Strange Dialect.— Physical Superiority 

 of the Sekoselar Men 287 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Journey to the Unknown, or "Dreaded Land." — Slender Outfit. — Abundance of 

 Seal-meat soon taken. — Bad Weather. — Sylvia Island. — Lupton Channel. — 

 Jones's Tower. — A Butterfly. — Tupic Encampment. — Magnificent Iceberg. — 

 Dine on raw Seal. — New Land. — Remarkable Gap. — Cape Daly. — Hummocky 

 Ice. — Ancient Piles of Stones. — Discover a new Channel. — Dr. Kane's Channel. 

 — Immense number of Seals. — Great Slaughter. — Koodloo still fears the "Dreaded 

 Land." — Charming a Seal. — Abundance of Animal Life. — Arrive at the extreme 

 Land. — Ascend a high Mountain. — Ancient Monuments. — Extensive View. — 

 Davis's Straits. — Frobisher Bay. — Meta Incognita. — Resolution Island, and high 

 Land to the North. — Sudden appearance of a Steam-ship. — Disappointment. — 

 Mount Warwick. — A Bear-hunt. — North Foreland. — Return Journey. — Mode 

 of making Traces and Walrus Lines. — Note-book Lost. — Its Recovery. — Heavy 

 Snow-storm. — Encamp on a large Island. — Ancient Dwellings of Innuits. — Rapid 

 Journey back to the Ship. — Dangerous Traveling. — Ice breaking up. — Safe ar- 

 rival on Board. — Means of sustaining Life in these Regions 298 



CHAPTER XIX. 



An Excursion to the Whaling De'pot. — Passage across Field Bay. — Singular Mode 

 of capturing Seals. — Chapell Inlet. — Cross to Frobisher Bay. — Arrive at the 

 Whaling Depot. — A large and bustling Place. — Consultation as to Author's Plans. 

 — Vain Hope of pursuing his Voyage. — Puto in Distress. — A Walk to "Bear 

 Sound." — Great number of Pieces of Limestone. — Boat Trip to Bear Sound. — 

 Velocity of the Tides. — Immense number of Ducks and Wild-fowl. — Eggs ob- 

 tained in abundance. — "Ice Collars." — Natural Bridges of Ice. — Return to Res- 

 cue Harbor. — Stop at French Head. — Corpse of John Brown still there, and un- 

 molested. — Arrive on Board. — Fourth of July again. — Field Bay clearing of Ice. 

 — Look-out Island. — Luxuriant Vegetation. — Musquitoes. — Ugarng's Influence 

 and Character. — A Love Affair. — Little Ookoodlear and the Outcast E-tu. — An 



