ch. xin] Greenland Voyage of Hall and Baffin 1 1 5 
in the Heartsease with Baffin, going as far as Christian 
Fjord in 66° 25' N. and Cunningham Fjord in 67 0 25'. 
They then went south again to Rommel's Fjord in 
66° 54' N., the modern Holsteinborg. On the 27th June 
the two vessels were together in Cockayne Sound 1 , the 
modern Sukkertoppen, in 65 0 25' N. 
The Eskimos were in a very dangerous mood. Five 
had been kidnapped with their kayaks by the Danes 
when Hall was with them, and one had been killed. 
The relations, who recognised Hall, were sullen and 
revengeful. The poor captives had tried to return in 
their kayaks, had even put to sea in them to cross the 
ocean, but were followed and brought back. They were 
overwhelmed with grief. One wept whenever he saw 
a mother with her child, reminding him of his own wife 
and child. They all soon died of home sickness. As they 
never returned, their friends sought for opportunities 
for vengeance. They had already killed one sailor, when 
on the 22nd July Hall came to land in his boat where 
there was a party of Eskimos. One of them came within 
four yards and shot a dart at Hall, hitting him in the 
right side. The wound was mortal and he died the next 
day. On his death Andrew Barker succeeded him as 
Commander of the expedition, and Huntriss was appointed 
Captain of the Heartsease. 
Baffin had been most diligent with his observations. 
Like Davis he paid special attention to terrestrial mag- 
netism, taking frequent observations for variation, and 
his latitudes were fairly accurate. He was also constantly 
thinking out the means of finding the longitude. One 
attempt by moon's culmination was ingenious, and shows 
his mastery of the subject and inventive faculty. Mr 
Coles 2 says, e( It is most surprising that Baffin should 
have obtained even such an approximation as he did, 
and his method of observing with two plumb lines is 
both original and ingenious." 
Baffin, in the portion of his narrative that has been 
preserved, gives a description of the country and of the 
animals he saw. He describes the Eskimo kayak and 
umiak, and in his walks on shore and climbs up the 
1 Incorrectly called Cocken Sound on old maps. 
2 Navigation Instructor and for many years Map Curator to the 
Royal Geographical Society. 
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