OFF FOR THE POLE 
plentiful supply of needfuls, and our trading 
with them has been fair and generous. 
The "Crow's-Nest" has been rigged upon 
the mainmast, and this morning, after break- 
fast, Mr. Whitney, three Esquimos, and my- 
self started in Mr. Whitney's motor-boat to 
hunt walrus. The motor gave out very short- 
ly after the start, and the oars had to be used. 
We were fortunate in getting two walrus, 
which I shot, and then we returned to the ship 
for the whale-boat. We left the ship with 
three more Esquimos in the whale-boat, and 
got four more walrus. 
Sunday, at Kangerdlooksoah ; the land of 
the reindeer, and the one pleasant appearing 
spot on this coast. Mr. Whitney and his six 
Esquimo guides have gone hunting for deer, 
and I have been ashore to trade for dogs and 
furs, and have gotten twenty-seven dogs, seal- 
skin-lines for lashings, a big bearskin, and 
some foxskins. I try to get furskins from 
animals that were killed when in full fur and 
before they have started to shed, but some of 
the skins I have traded in are raw, and will 
have to be dried. 
I have had the disagreeable job of putting 
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