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gratification. He also identified the specimen of "heavy stone" 

 I placed in his lap by lifting it up and touching his lips to it ; he 

 felt its indentations and roughness, weighed it in his hand, and 

 said "all same" as he once saw at Kodlunarn. He then, without 

 any leading questions, described the trenches made by the white 

 men ; and his testimony was confirmed by Tweroong, who also 

 added that old Innuits said the ship was built from wood left on 

 the island for an igloo — a word applied not only to their own 

 snow-houses, but to the dwellings of civilized men generally. 



The information thus obtained, though satisfactory, still made 

 me desirous for more ; and as at that time the number of Innuits 

 in the neighborhood could not have been less than a hundred, I 

 thought it an excellent opportunity for procuring what I sought. 

 Accordingly, I sent to some of their tupics, and getting Tookoo- 

 lito to be my interpreter, asked a number of questions, the an- 

 swers to which perfectly satisfied me with regard to the main facts 

 concerning Frobisher's expedition and the fate of his men. 



The result of all the information thus obtained convinced me, 

 however, of the necessity for another and longer examination of 

 the locality possessing so much interest as regarded this subject. 

 Therefore I again prepared for another trip, and on Monday, Oc- 

 tober 7th, at 11 A.M., I once more started for the Countess of 

 Warwick's Sound. My boat's crew consisted of Ebierbing, as 

 boat-steerer and interpreter; "Suzhi," "John Bull," Kokerzhun, 

 Annawa, Ou-le-kier, and Shevikoo, thus having only one (Suzhi) 

 of my previous party with me. 



As this trip, owing to the very severe weather, was nearly 

 a failure, I need only give such particulars of it as may prove 

 generally interesting to the reader. The wind was strong when 

 we started, and every dash of water upon our boat froze as it 

 touched the side. Sometimes the gusts were so heavy that great 

 care was needed lest we should be capsized ; but we managed to 

 cross the bay and reach land on the other side without mishap. 

 Here, for a time, we had better weather, but the wind soon became 

 adverse, and when we got near to French Head it was deemed ad- 

 visable to encamp for the night. 



We stopped at a bight, or indentation of the land, close to the 

 place where we used to cross over to Chapell Inlet, and there, in 

 searching for drift-wood, I came across a piece of my lost expedi- 

 tion boat. The women attended to our encampment, consisting 

 of two tents, one formed of my boat's covering, the other of boats' 



