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LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
was frozen all along the sole; part of the heel and one half of 
his foot, from the toe upwards, was severely bitten. His whole 
foot was like a bladder of hogs-lard, so severely was it blistered. 
Part of the blisters were transparent, which were lanced by the 
surgeon, and after undergoing a proper dressing, he was put 
to bed. 
The report of Commander Ross could not be considered very 
favourable to their future progress; he observed the sea on the 
other side, and returned to the ship over the ice, by the route by 
which she came up to her present moorings. 
The Esquimaux had been to Cook’s Basin, and had pulled 
down the monuments, that had been erected for the purpose of 
obtaining the spars, that were in the middle. The reason for 
the Esquimaux going so far to the north, is, that there is a very 
fine salmon river, about sixty miles from the ship, in a bay 
called by the natives Awatootoak Bay, and this may be con¬ 
sidered as the boundary of their peregrinations to the northward. 
The account, which Taylor gave of his foot having become 
frost-bitten, was, that one morning when they began their jour¬ 
ney, the thermometer was at 16 degrees below zero; and at the 
time, he had on, over his under-travelling shoes, a pair of seal¬ 
skin boots, in a wet and damp state; but that he never perceived, 
that his foot was frost-bitten, until some time after they had 
been walking. Two of the men, Richard Wall and Thomas 
Blanky, were taken ill with a complaint in their bowels, which 
rendered it an act of necessity on the part of Commander Ross, 
to hasten his return, in order that the men might have the 
benefit of medical aid. 
On the 3rd, three Esquimaux came to the ship, and brought 
some salmon, weighing 61 jibs. The gluttony of these people 
has been already mentioned, but two of these people surpassed, 
in their appetite, every thing which had been hitherto witnessed; 
indeed, it appeared to be, in every sense of the word, insatiable; 
and as they were going to remain on board all night, it was 
determined to try, on the following morning, the utmost extent 
of their appetite, in order to discover, if there actually existed 
any bounds to it. Six salmon were prepared for their breakfast, 
