Observations on the late Expedition of C apt. Parry. 243 
by clogs and wolves is viewed with great resignation. The 
British charge them with want of gratitude for favours received, 
though they admit that the strictest honesty in the first instance 
marked their proceedings, and that it was not very extensively 
impaired. Of the fair sex, it is alleged that gossip and detrac- 
tion are as favourite amusements as in the most civilised coteries ; 
and that the outward propriety which marked their demeanour 
was not always strictly adhered to in private ; but perhaps im- 
plicit faith is not always to be placed in the scandalous chronicle 
of the frozen regions. 
The religious ideas of the Esquimaux are very rude. They 
have angekohs , or magicians, who impose on the vulgar by wild 
chaunts and strange contortions, and are supposed to hold in- 
fluence over ten superior beings. Among these, the most pro- 
minent are, a huge bear, and a lady with one eye, who hold 
sway over the wild animals which are the objects of chace, and 
can grant or withhold them at will, or at the intercession of the 
angekoks. lake every other race, they anticipate a state of future 
bliss, though entirely of an animal and sensual nature, — a sub- 
terranean paradise, whose summer is always bland, lamps always 
filled with oil, walruses and seals in perpetual plenty. They did 
not appear to have any idols, or any outward form of worship. 
We shall conclude with some observations on the prospects of 
success awaiting the New Expedition which has just set out 
It is impossible not to admire the determination displayed by 
Government, and by its Officers, in not allowing themselves to 
be dismayed by the imperfect success of two such hard naval 
campaigns ; and we entirely concur in the propriety of making 
at least one final effort. At the same time, we are with pain 
obliged to state, that our anticipations as to the result are not 
very sanguine. It seems admitted on all sides, that there is 
no longer a hope of establishing a smooth and regular com- 
mercial route across these northern waters. This, indeed, 
leaves the enterprise, considered as a voyage of discovery, still 
highly interesting. But our auguries are unfavourable, even 
with respect to a single ship, ever, in a single instance, complet- 
ing the voyage from one end to the other. Not but that there 
appears a very fair prospect, that, ere many years elapse, the 
q, 2 
