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SUZHl'S BOOT " MILLING." 



posed it to be a vein of quartz running up among the dark moss- 

 covered rocks ; but, on closer inspection, I found it to consist of 

 over a hundred walrus jawbones, placed in line about two feet 

 apart. Some parts of each were white as the snows of Kingaite, 

 but a considerable portion was covered with thick black moss. 

 What this singular arrangement meant I had yet to learn. 



We next came to a spot situated by the margin of a grass-plot, 

 completely covered with bleached bones of seals, walrus, whales, 

 and tuktoo. Ask an Innuit to what animal this and that bone 

 belonged, as you pick them up, and he or she will tell you at 

 once, the people being in reality good natural anatomists. 



We passed on half a mile, and reached a point of high land, 

 which looked out toward Niountelik, but could see none of our 

 party returning. It was then ten o'clock; the night was fine, 

 and a few stars were visible, but it was not yet late enough in the 

 season to bring out the host there is above. Koojesse and his 

 party returned about midnight, but wholly unsuccessful, though 



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