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under the lee of some rocks, that a boat was coming from the 

 ship. I ran up, and was delighted to find it so, for I knew by 

 this that the proposals I had made to the Innuits Koojesse and 

 Charley, whom, with their wives, I wanted for my crew, had been 

 accepted ; and yet I was pained, as I thought of the necessity of 

 leaving behind my faithful friends Ebierbing and Tookoolito. I 

 hastened back, took my cup of coffee and dish of lump pemmican, 

 and breakfasted. 



Well, the . boat arrived, and brought me a note from Captain 



B . I told Ebierbing that we could now remove him and his 



effects ; that Captain B had kindly responded to my request, 



and sent down for him, and that so good an opportunity ought 

 not to be lost. He was willing to do as I advised , but Koodloo 

 was slow to move. Meanwhile almost a gale had sprung up in 

 the east, rendering it inexpedient to venture to take Ebierbing to 

 the ship in his weak state. As it was necessary to visit the ship 

 prior to my final departure on the proposed voyage, I left Ebier- 

 bing and Tookoolito with the assurance that I would call again 

 the next day, and that they would be removed as soon as Ebier- 

 bing could bear it and the weather should permit. We arrived 

 on board just at noon. Shortly after, Koojesse and Charley came 

 aboard from the Innuit village near the ship, when I soon found 

 that they were fearful I wished to prolong my stay at the head 

 of Frobisher Bay until the cold weather, and, if so, they were not 

 disposed to go. I therefore explained to them that I should prob- 

 ably return in about a month, or, at farthest, in less than two 

 months. They were then quite satisfied, and agreed to accom- 

 pany me. My journal of this day, August 8th, 1861, concludes 

 thus : 



"As I meet Koojesse and Kooperneung (Charley), I find them 

 in capital spirits. At tea their wives Tu-nuk-der-lien and Ak- 

 chuk-er-zhun are aboard, and appear in good new dresses, and 

 hair dressed in ' States fashion.' Converse with them of the voy- 

 age we are about to make to ' wes-see-pokd (far-off land). I am 



highly elated, my crew so far excellent. Captain B , with 



whom I have counseled, advises me to take Ebierbing's aunt, 

 Koo-ou-le-arng (Suzhi), making, with Koodloo, a crew of six — five 

 at the oars and one boat-steerer, leaving me free to be constantly 

 on the look-out. The only objection to Suzhi is that she is very 

 heavy, weighing not less than 200 pounds — the very heaviest In- 

 nuit of the country. 



