, he heated some
steaks over the lamp, of which he hospitably pressed Archy to partake.
Hunger induced him to follow his new friend's advice, and finding the
steaks far more palatable than he expected, he persuaded the rest of the
party to join in the repast.

"I don't know what it may look like," observed David Saunders, gulping
down a huge lump. "But its not such bad eating after all, and I am much
obliged to you, friend Esquimaux, for your kindness."

"Friends," said Andrew, before they lay down to rest on their snow
couches, "let us thank God for His mercy in sending this kind native to
our help. Oh! 'tis a blessed thing to know that He will never desert
those who trust in Him."

The Esquimaux seemed fully to understand what they were about, and knelt
down with them. Though they did not understand each other's language,
yet their hearts were lifted up together to the same merciful Being, the
God alike of the dark-skinned Esquimaux and the civilised Englishman.

CHAPTER TEN.

THE ESQUIMAUX LEAVES, AND DOES NOT RETURN.--ALL ARE ABLE TO SEE, AND
PROCEED.--FIND BEARS BEFORE THEM, AND AT THE SAME TIME THE MASTS OF A
SHIP ARE DISCOVERED.--PUSH ON, AND AT LAST ASSISTANCE ARRIVING, THE
BEARS ARE KILLED, AND CAPTAIN IRVINE TAKES ARCHY ON BOARD THE "KATE,"
THE REST FOLLOWING.--ADVENTURES OF THE "KATE"--SHUT UP IN THE ICE--SHORT
PROVISIONS.--CAPTAIN DIES.--ICE OPENS, WHEN SAIL IS SET, AND THE CREW,
ENDURING MUCH SUFFERING, THE "KATE" ARRIVES OFF UNST, AN ISLAND OF
SHETLAND.--ARCHY, NOW TRULY REPENTANT, WRITES TO HIS MOTHER, AND WHEN
ALL ON BOARD HAVE RECOVERED, STARTS FOR HOME.--HIS ARRIVAL AND
RECEPTION.

When Archy awoke he was somewhat alarmed on finding that the hunter and
his dogs had left the hut. The lamp was still burning, and a large
piece of seal's flesh lay on the floor. Archy hoped, therefore, that
the Esquimaux's intentions were friendly, and that he did not purpose to
desert them altogether. Andrew, when he awoke, expressed his opinion
that the hunter would certainly return. His and his companions' eyes
were still so painful, that having the means of procuring water they
resolved to wait in the hut till their sight was restored, and then to
try and make their way to the village of their new friend. That their
confidence in his honesty was not misplaced, was proved by his return in
the afternoon, when he and his dogs arrived, dragging another seal after
them on a small sleigh, which he had proba