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en to the mother for nursing. When we arrived at our encamp- 

 ment above referred to, Sharkey built up a small snow hut for 

 the parent dog and her offspring. The Innuits take as much care 

 of their young dogs as they do of their children, and sometimes 

 even more. 



The following day, April 8th, I found that some of my Green- 

 land dogs were missing. This consequently delayed me. All I 

 could do was to wait patiently until they were recovered from 

 Oopungnewing, to which place they had returned. Koojesse and 

 Sharkey went out after young seals, and came back with one, its 

 coat white and like wool. In the evening we had our supper 

 from a portion of this seal, and never did I eat more tender meat. 

 It were " a dainty dish to set before a king." But the great del- 

 icacy we enjoyed was milk. Every young seal has usually in its 

 stomach from a pint to a quart of its mother's milk. The Innuits 

 consider this a luxury, either raw or boiled, and so do I. I par- 

 took of this milk, eating some of it first raw, and afterward some 

 of it boiled. It had the taste of cocoanut milk, and was white 

 like that of a cow. 



The next two days, April 9th and 10th, were spent at the same 

 encampment, though on the former day I explored Wiswell Inlet 

 to its northernmost limit. On the morning of the 11th we pro- 

 ceeded on our journey. As we neared Peter Force Sound, a 

 sledge party of Innuits met us, and it was soon found that we 

 were mutual friends. They were stopping on an island close by 

 Nouyarn, and intended to go up the bay ; I therefore expected to 

 meet them again. "We arrived at a place on the ice near Brew- 

 ster's Point, on the western side of Peter Force Sound, and the two 

 male Innuits immediately began to erect an igloo. The two wom- 

 en started off, each with dog and hook, to hunt for seal igloos, and 

 in five minutes Jennie's loud voice announced that Tunukderlien 

 had captured a young seal. Instantly Koojesse and Sharkey 

 dropped their snow-knife and saw, leaped the walls of their partly- 

 erected igloo, and hastened with all speed to the women. Henry 

 and I had preceded them ; but, after we had all started, I remem- 

 bered that we had left our walrus meat and other provision ex- 

 posed to the dogs ; I therefore directed Henry to return and look 

 out for them. 



On reaching the place of capture, we found that Tunukderlien 

 had beneath her feet a young seal alive and kicking. Koojesse 

 immediately made a line fast to one of its hind flippers, and al- 



