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LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
real in his description of the natives of Felix Harbour, than in 
the existence of the Croker Mountains. 
On the 11th two Esquimaux came to the ship, one of whom 
was Tullooachiu, who had but one leg*. It had been taken off 
below the knee in the most masterlike manner, the operation of 
which was thus described; the upper part of the leg was bound 
with thongs, and the flesh stripped from the lower part with 
their rude knives, the bone was then inserted in a hole in the 
ice and snapped asunder, the parts were then seared by some 
lighted moss, and nature did the rest. He was introduced into 
the cabin, and on being informed that another leg could be 
made for him, he burst out into the most frantic exclamations 
of joy, and the carpenter was called in to take the measure of 
the new leg that was to be made. As soon as this ceremony 
was completed, Commander James laid before them a piece of 
paper and asked them to trace on it the way which the land 
trended, and according to their marking, every thing appeared 
favourable to the object of the expedition; according to the 
account given by them, the expedition had already seen the 
coast of America and that forty miles to the south west were 
two great seas, divided by a narrow strait or neck of land. It 
was computed that about nine days journey would bring them 
to the place which they had marked out. 
The weather continued fine, the wind north by west, but the 
frost was intense in the extreme, of which some idea may be 
formed, when it is stated that the increase in the thickness of the 
ice was from 3J to 4f inches daily. 
On the 12th ten Esquimaux came to the ship, five of whom 
■were taken into the cabin, for the purpose of forming a chart of the 
adjacent coast, and they varied very little from the account given 
by those on the preceding day. During the night of the 13th, the 
ship received some very heavy shocks in consequence of the ice 
cracking, and which rendered their intercourse with the land more 
difficult. Capt. Ross, attended by a party, proceeded towards 
the Esquimaux village, but on their way they met about a dozen 
coming to the ship, and they all returned to the huts. It was 
ascertained that they had been on a sealing excursion but with- 
