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Identifier: outing55newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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. Two miles on the rough ice foot, andwe descended again to the sound to findthe ice smooth and fine, covered with ahard-packed drift. Presently, two ofOxpuddyshous dogs laid down, utterlyexhausted. He beat them nearly todeath with the handle of his whip, butit was of no use. They howled lustilybut would not walk another step. Thenthe komatiks were unloaded, and to mygreat joy I learned that an igloo was tobe built and we should rest. I set my watch by guess, for I hadlost all record of days and time andeverything, and when the igloo wasready, crawled into my sleeping bag fortwelve and a half hours of dreamlessslumber. A strong northerly wind was blow-ing when we arose, and the weather wasintensely cold. The Eskimos feastedon frozen walrus meat, chipped off withhatchets, while I heated a can of bakedbeans for my breakfast. This over, theloads were again lashed into place, andjust as dawn was breaking we weremoving again. One of Oxpuddyshous dogs, tooweak to stand, was left behind. An-
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590 THE OUTING MAGAZINE other, a fine young fellow, was lashedupon Awhellas sledge so tightly that itseemed to me it could scarcely survive.The Eskimos, however, assured me itwas all right. We pushed along at a good pace forten miles or so when Sipsu, well in thelead, stopped and began to shout. Wewere far from land, and with remem-brance of our recent experience still inmind, and fearing that we were againadrift, the other Eskimos immediatelybecame greatly excited. When we overtook Sipsu, however,our fears were dispelled. He wasdown on hands and knees, carefullyscrutinizing the snow, and I discoveredthat he was examining two sledge tracksheaded to the south. Presently he in-formed me that the tracks must havebeen made within the past two days,otherwise they would have been coveredwith snow. Other Eskimos were notfar off and we would follow them. Finding a Haven of Warmth The dogs traces were hurriedly un-tangled, a few moments conversationamong the Eskimos, little of which Icould und

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