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tightly stretched, like its namesake of the four-post 
bedstead, around the margin. We call this ticking the 
apron and cover; the apron being a flap of sixteen 
inches high, surrounding the cover, and either hanging 
loose at its sides like a valance, or laced up down the 
middle. Into this apron and cover you pack your 
cargo, the less of it the better; and then lace and lash 
the whole securely together. 
V. The cargo may consist of:—1, a blanket-bag of fur, 
if you can get it; but on our present sleigh-ride, buffalo 
being too heavy and our reindeer-skins all destroyed 
by wet, I take an eider-down coverlet, adding—2, a 
pillow stuffed with straw or shavings, to be placed 
under the small of the back while sleeping; 3, an extra 
pair of boots; and, 4, a snow-saw. 
“Superadd to these the ancient soup-pot, our soap¬ 
stone kollopsut, one Esquimaux lamp, one lump of 
moss, one cup, and a tinder-box; all these for the 
kitchen;—a roll of frozen meat-biscuit, some frozen 
lady-fingers of raw hashed fox, a small bag of coffee, 
and twenty-four pieces of hard tack, (ship’s bread,) for 
the larder;—our fire-arms, and no less essential ice- 
poles:—all these, no more nor less, and you have the 
entirety of our outfit,—the means wherewith we are to 
track this icy labyrinth, under a frozen sky, for an 
uncertain asylum some ninety-three miles off. 
“In general, eight powerful wolf-like dogs will draw 
such a cargo like the wind:—I have but four wretched 
animals, who can hardly drag themselves. 
“The clothing or personal outfit demands the nicest 
