The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon, of H.M.S. Hecla: During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry"Principally devoted to the narration of the peculiarities of the aborigines of the Arctic regions."--Sabin. |
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amongst amusement anchor animals appearance ARCTIC FOX arrived beach bear beset birds boat bones canoes CAPE DORSET Captain Parry clear clothes colour covered creatures deer distance dogs dovekies dress Eskimaux extremely favourable feet flesh floe formed four foxes frequently frozen Fury Fury's gneiss Gore Bay Greenland hair head heavy ice Hecla hole HUDSON'S STRAIT huts Igloolik inches inlet instantly Kabloona kayaks killed knife lamp land legs length lying manner Melville Island miles morning mouth natives night noon northward observed open water party passed piece of ice poor procured red-throated divers Repulse Bay resembling Resolution Island rocks round Savage Islands seals seen sent ships shoal shore skin sledge snow soon Southampton Island stones tent thick tide Toolemak walked walrus weather westward whale whole wind Winter Island wolves woman women young