BARTLETT'S FARTHEST 
that the eating of dog is only a last resort, 
and we had plenty of food, and raw dog is 
flavorless and very tough. The kilhng of a 
dog is such a horrible matter that I will not 
describe it, and it is permitted only when all 
other exigencies have been exhausted. An 
Esquimo does not permit one drop of blood to 
escape. 
The morning of the 29th of March, 1909, 
a heavy and dense fog of frost spicules over- 
hung the camp. At four a. m., the Captain 
left camp to make as far a northing as pos- 
sible. I with my Esquimos followed later. 
On our way we passed over very rough ice 
alternating with small floes, young ice of a 
few months' duration, and one old floe. We 
were now beside a lead of over three hundred 
feet in width, which we were unable to cross 
at that time because the ice was running 
steadily, though to the Northward. Follow- 
ing the trail of the Captain, which carried us 
a little to the westward of the lead, within one 
hundred feet of the Captain's igloo, the order 
to camp was given, as going forward was im- 
possible. The whole party was together 
farther north than had ever been made by any 
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