EXPLORING EXPEDITION. 



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"We started from the vessel at 6 14 A.M., and arrived at Whale 

 Island at 7. I found the Innuits, my friends Ebierbing and Too- 

 koolito, expecting me. They seem to regret they can not accom- 

 pany me on this trip. I was glad to find Ebierbing improving. 

 Having spent a few moments with them, I told them that, to make 

 out my crew, I must have Koo-ou-le-arng, Ebierbing's aunt, if they 

 could spare her. In ten minutes she was ready for the journey 

 of two months. I called on Koodloo, who made all haste in pre- 

 paring to accompany me. Jennie, Koodloo's wife, as I have said, 

 could not be spared, as Ebierbing and Tookoolito thought her in- 

 dispensable in her profession as an angeko for the former while 

 he is sick. 



"As we (Koodloo and I) had not succeeded in getting any thing 

 of consequence in the way of fresh provisions for Ebierbing and 

 Tookoolito during my stay upon Whale Island, I left them the 

 remainder of the can of pemmican on hand, also a small portion 

 of the bread, coffee, and tea of the allotment to me for my Fro- 



bisher Bay trip. Captain B is to send a boat from the George 



Henry for these Innuits, also for Koodloo's wife and children, to 

 remove them to the place where the other Innuits are, near the 

 present position of the vessel." 



*K* *K* "K* *5£ 



It was 8 A.M. when we left Whale Island, Eescue Harbor, 

 under sail. My company consisted of Koojesse and his wife Tu- 

 nuk-der-lien ("Belle"), Koo-per-ne-ung ("Charley"), and his wife 

 Ak-chuk-er-zhun (" Susy"), Kood-loo, and the widow Koo-ou-le- 

 arng ("Suzhi"). They were all in excellent spirits as well as 

 myself. In about forty minutes a boat came alongside manned 

 with Innuits, who were on their way across the bay for a tuktoo 

 hunt. 



From the ship to Whale Island, and also from Whale Island 

 out into the bay, we encountered much ice that the wind and tide 

 had driven in from Davis's Straits. Between Parker's Bay and 

 French Head we made an island which I found to be entirely of 

 rock, without a particle of vegetation or of soil. An impenetrable 

 fog had surrounded us nearly all the afternoon, and the boat com- 

 pass was in constant use until toward evening, when the fog be- 

 gan to lift. Charley shot a seal at a long distance with my rifle. 

 We now had a raw seal feast. As we approached Lupton Chan- 

 nel—which it was doubtful if we could get through, on account 

 of the quantity of ice — we passed a berg, which Tunukderlien as- 



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