LAST VOYAGE OF CAPT. ROSS. 
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Commander Ross and his uncle, but the cause did not transpire 
until some time afterwards. 
On the 11th, the ship was got into deeper water, although 
it was not fifty yards from her former station. The launch was 
got alongside, and properly cleaned out; but the ice in the 
offing and the bay still remained stationary, although the wind 
had been blowing during the whole of the day, from the south 
and the east, accompanied with heavy rain. 
On the 12th, a tribe of Esquimaux came to the ship, amongst 
whom, was their old acquaintance Tuluach, for whom the 
wooden leg had been made. Shortly after the Victory left Felix 
Harbour, he had the misfortune to break his wooden leg, and 
his purpose now ni coming on board, was to have it repaired. 
He left the ship at midnight promising to return on the follow¬ 
ing day, with his whole family, but leaving behind him his 
wooden leg for the carpenter to repair. 
Tuluach was faithful to his word, and on the following day, 
the 13th, he came to the ship, bringing with him the whole tribe ; 
consisting altogether of twenty-two persons, men, women, and 
children. These people, pluming themselves perhaps upon the 
privileges of an old acquaintance, no sooner came on board, 
than a scene took place, which would have delighted hundreds, 
if they could have witnessed it in a booth at Bartholomew fair: 
no respect whatever was paid to persons, for it appeared perfectly 
immaterial to the females, whether they saluted the smutty cook, 
the corpulent doctor, or the grave and stately captain himself. 
In some of the females, the sailors recognised their former sweet¬ 
hearts, in consequence of which, many a nose came into affectionate 
collision, which, although it might have been agreeable to one 
party, was not much relished by the other; neither the carnival 
at Venice, nor a masquerade at the Opera House could have ex¬ 
hibited such a motley and original group, as was at this time to be 
seen on the deck of the Victory, The Esquimaux in their sum¬ 
mer dresses, which were by no means sufficient to cover their 
persons, and by which, the human form divine*” became exposed 
rather similarly to the condition of Adam himself, before he 
tasted of the forbidden fruit: the grotesque appearance of the 
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