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THE POLAR WORLD. 



TUE GEORGE HENRY LAID UP FOR THE WINTER. 



jier before. Her name was Tookoolito. She was the wife of Ebierbing, a 

 rather famous seal-hunter and pilot. Seven years before a British whaler had 

 taken them to England, where they were received as the lions of the day. 

 They dined w^ith Pi-ince Albert, and were introduced to the Queen. Ebiei bing 

 thought that the Queen was " very pretty ;" indeed she bore no very distant 

 likeness to his own wife. Tookoolito thought Prince Albert was a '' very kind, 

 good man." Both agreed that the Queen had " a very fine place." Tookoolito, 

 as many thousands in the United States afterwards had occasion to know, 

 spoke English almost perfectly. Her husband was less tluent, but still quite in- 

 telligible. This pair became Hall's constant companions in the Arctic regions; 

 came with him upon his return to the States, remained there with him for two 

 years, and went back with him upon his second expedition, which now (Septem- 

 ber, 1869) is not completed. 



Early in Januaiy Hall resolved to make an exploring expedition with the 

 dog-team which he had bought at Holsteinborg. The pai-ty consisted of him- 

 self, Ebierbing, Tookoolito, and another Esquimaux, named Koodloo. The 

 sledge was drawn by ten dogs — five of wdiich belonged to Hall, and five to 

 Ebierbing. They relied for food mainly upon the proceeds of their hunt- 

 ing, taking with them only a pound and a half of preserved mutton, thi-ee 

 pounds of salt pork, fifteen pounds of sea-bread, three pounds of pork sci-aps 

 for soup, and a little coffee, pepper, and molasses. The trip lasted nearly a 

 month and a half, during which time Hall learned to live Yiko, the Esquimaux 

 in their snow cabins, and subsisted mainly upon raw seal flesh. When he re- 

 turned to the ship it was hard for him to accustom himself to the change from 

 the pure atmosphere of a snow-house to the confined air of a small cabin. 



