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and warm-hearted as ever. She led the household in 
sewing up my skins into various serviceable garments; 
and I had the satisfaction, before I left, of completing 
my stock of furs for our sledge parties. 
While our brig passed, half sailing, half drifting, up 
the coast, I left her under the charge of Mr. Brooks, 
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and set out in the whale-boat to make my purchases of 
dogs among the natives. Gathering them as we went 
along from the different settlements, we reached Uper 
navik, the resting-place of the Grinnell Expedition in 
1851 after its winter drift, and for a couple of daysi 
shared, as we were sure to do, the generous hospitality 
of Governor Elaischer. 
