^1- B AEEXTZ, OUR PRECURSOR. 
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of our eighteen three had gone. He abandoned his 
vessel as we had abandoned ours, took to his boats, and 
escaped along the Lapland coast to lands of Norwegian 
civilization. We had embarked with sledge and boat 
to attempt the same thing. We had the longer journey 
and the more difficult before us. He lost, as we had 
done, a cherished comrade by the wayside; and, as 1 
thought of this closing resemblance in our fortunes 
also, my mind left but one part of the parallel incom¬ 
plete ,—Barentz himself perished. 
CARRYING THE SICK. 
We gave two quiet hours to the memory of our dead 
brother, and then resumed our toilsome march. We 
kept up nearly the same routine as before; but, as we 
neared the settlements, the Esquimaux came in llocks 
to our assistance. They volunteered to aid us at the 
drag-ropes. They carried our sick upon hand-sledges. 
They relieved us of all care for our supplies of daily 
food. The quantity of little auks that they brought 
