506 LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
The names of the Esquimaux have always a distinct signifi¬ 
cation, in allusion to some particular personal qualification, or 
to some moral or physical property belonging to the parents; 
when once given it is never changed, for no great risk is there 
run, of some miserable, half-starved miser dying, with his coffers 
full, and his rent-roll as long as the pedigree of a Welchman, 
leaving, as the last act of his folly, that the person, to whom he 
has bequeathed his property, shall not inherit it, unless he change 
his name, which, however, after all, cannot be done without the 
consent of the King, which by the bye is never asked, and of 
which he knows just as much as he does of .pauperism, by ex¬ 
perience ; in all of which, a striking proof is extant, that the 
nead of a nation can do many things for the benefit of his people, 
which, if the sycophantish tribe, who are around him, were to 
tell him, that he had done, he would raise his eyes with wonder 
to heaven, overcome with surprise, that, like the mole, he had 
done so much business in the dark. 
The Esquimaux were not many days acquainted with the 
officers and the crew of the Victory, before a name was given to 
every individual, according to the properties, which they thought 
they perceived in him, and to Commander James, the name of 
Augluga was given, on account of his activity and fortitude. 
It being determined by the father and the mother of the infant, 
who came on board on the 8th, that he should be named after 
Commander Ross, he was brought to him for the purpose of 
giving him the name; and on that officer pronouncing the word 
Augluga , the child became invested immediately with it, and 
Commander Ross could not refrain from smiling, when he looked 
upon the coarse and ill-favored features of his godson; but as he 
did not at the same time undertake to teach him the vulgar 
tongue, nor to bring him to the altar for the purpose of confir¬ 
mation, the ceremony passed off very agreeably and unosten¬ 
tatiously, the party being afterwards regaled with a sumptuous 
feast of salmon, not dressed exactly a la Maitre d'Hotel, but 
swimming in an exquisite sauce of whale oil and grease. 
The principal part of the duty of the crew, during the remain¬ 
der of this month, was taking away the snow banking, and cut- 
