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was in as complete order as if they had been established there a month, CHAP, 
and scarcely any thing was wanting to render their situation com- 
fortable. No better idea could have been conveyed to us of the truly Sept, 
independent manner in which this tribe wander about from place 
to place, transporting their houses, and every thing necessary to their 
comfort, than that which was afforded on this occasion. Nor were 
Ave less struck with the number of articles which their ingenuity 
finds the means of disposing in their boats, and which, had we not 
seen them disembarked, we should have doubted the possibility of 
their having been crammed into them. Prom two of these they landed 
fourteen persons, eight tent poles, forty deer skins, two kyacks, many 
hundred weight of fish, numerous skins of oil, earthen jars for cook- 
ing, tw'o living foxes, ten large dogs, bundles of lances, harpoons, bows 
and arrows, a quantity of whalebone, skins full of clothing, some im- 
mense nets made of hide for taking small whales and porpoises, eight 
, broad planks, masts, sails, paddles, &c., besides sea-horse hides and 
teeth, and a variety of nameless articles always to be found among the 
Esquimaux. 
They received us in the most friendly and open manner, and tneir 
conduct throughout was so different from that of their predecessors, 
that had we had no proof of the latter being guilty of the theft on our 
flour, this difference of conduct would have afforded a strong presump- 
tion against them. The party consisted of two families, each of which 
had its distinct property, tents, baidar, &c. They were in feature and 
language nearly connected with the King-a-ghee party, and from what 
they told us resided near them ; but to judge from their dresses and 
establishment they were of much lower condition. However, the women 
had the same kind of beads in their ears, and sewn upon their dresses, 
and had evidently been to the same market. We remarked, however, 
in two of the young ladies a custom which, when first discovered, created 
considerable laughter. When they moved, several bells were set ringing, 
and on examining their persons, we discovered that they had each 
three or four of these instruments under their clothes, suspended to 
their waists, hips, and one even lower down, which was about the 
size of a dustman’s bell, but without a clapper. Whether they had 
