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style, were here, and gave me a hearty welcome. Ookgooalloo 

 was sick, and I therefore visited him as soon as I could. I was 

 guided to his tupic by his groans ; but when I entered and asked 

 the name of the sufferer before me, I was surprised to learn that 

 it was my old friend, so sadly changed. Sickness seemed unusu- 

 ally prevalent ; indeed, the only three men of the place were so 

 feeble that not one of them could go out hunting or sealing. 



At this spot were some remarkable monuments of stone, one 

 being in the form of a cross, and about six feet high. 



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INNTJIT MONUMENT AT TOONQ-WINE — JONES' S CAPE 



In the evening, being in want of oil for my lamp, I went to 

 Koojesse's tupic to obtain some. There I beheld a scene for a 

 picture : 



Koodloo and Charley made search, found seal-blubber, brought 

 it in, and passed it to Suzhi, who was in tuktoo, as I may say — 

 that is, abed. Of course, like all Innuits when in bed, she was en- 

 tirely nude ; but she immediately rose on her elbows, and pro- 

 ceeded to bite off pieces of blubber, chewing them, sucking the 

 oil out, then spirting it into a little cone-like dish, made by invert- 

 ing the bottom of my broken tin lamp. In this way she obtained 

 with her dental "mill," in less than two minutes, oil enough to 



