TOOKOOLITO KEBUKING SWEARERS. 



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" This I am ready to admit, that some commanders, some offi- 

 cers, and some crews of whaling ships are as they should be, exem- 

 plary men — men who take pleasure in doing good wherever they 

 are — who seek to extend the bounds of civilization, planting phil- 

 anthropic and Christian institutions where darkness and igno- 

 rance had before reigned universal. 



" Being now ready to return — three o'clock P.M. — Ebierbing 

 kindly gathered a crew from among his friends to convey me 

 aboard. Much seko (ice) had set into the cove, causing us great 

 trouble and delay to get out. Once clear, a few strokes brought 

 us alongside. 



" 10 o'clock, night, thermometer 29°, barometer 29.525 ; wind 

 south — fresh; cloudy." 



BONE SLEDGE-RUNNER. 



