upon a village of three huts, built in the
hillside very near the sea, and were in many respects fitted up as our
own had been; only they had regularly constructed walls of stones and
turf, which, tapering in from either side, joined at the top, making a
space large enough to accommodate two or three families in each hut.
Into these three huts were crowded all the men, women, and children that
had been in the snow village.

"There we lived five days, after which we took up our march again,
keeping along near the shore, where the ice was most solid and safe.
Then we came to a deep, broad bay where the hillside, which was exposed
to the south, was quite free of snow,--the snow having melted and run
down to the sea. Here we halted, and the savages went to some great
piles of stones, and brought out from under them a number of seal-skins,
which were spread over some narwhal horns that were just like 'Old
Crumply,' and in a few hours they had pitched two tents, under which we
all slept soundly, being very tired. The next day they got more
seal-skins, and pitched three more tents, and a few days afterward other
people came along, and put up two other tents, making in all
seven,--quite a little seal-skin village, and a much more comfortable
looking one than the snow village had been.

"Here it seemed to be the intention of the savages to remain for some
time, as they went regularly to work to prepare for hunting various
kinds of game, chiefly walruses and seals, and besides these, among
others, an animal I had not seen before,--a beautiful rabbit, or hare
rather, very large, and pure white. These were quite numerous, and fed
upon the buds and bark of the willow-bushes, and were caught by
stretching a very long line across the tops of a great number of stones,
or piles of stones rather, which were placed about six feet apart, the
line itself being about a foot from the ground. To this line they tied a
great number of loops, and then all the people, going out, surrounded
the rabbits and drove them under the line, and several of them found
themselves noosed when they least expected it. I saw there also a
beautiful white bird called a ptarmigan, which is a grouse, but it could
not be caught.

"By this time we had become quite domesticated among the savages. They
called me _Annorak_, which meant that I resembled the wind when I
talked,--that is, I talked when I liked and where I liked, and nothing
could stop me, while the Dean w