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mountains that they might guide us aright.

Their clothing is quite wet from their exposure in the high seas that were prevailing when they came to us. They set themselves down & there watch, cough & quiver. It were better, if they could be prevailed upon to adopt the custom of our Sea-men — always on the move when out in the open air. But they look upon our walking to & fro as [[insertion]] the [[/insertion]] foolishness of Kabloonak — White Men — hard work with much expenditure of tanned skins (shoe-leather) & muscle! 
[[strikethrough]] Then [[/strikethrough]] At 11 o'clock, one of the Esquimaux made his way up into one of the whale-boats & went to sleep. His nap out in the [[insertion]] cold [[/insertion]] open air, lasted one hour. He seemed quite thankful for the luxury of sleeping on the soft side of a board his bed having been for several days past on the rocks of an island 40 miles distant from Holsteinburg where he 
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& his companion were engaged in hunting Ducks & Down when they discovered the "George Henry". -
Capt. Buddington presented each Esquimaux with a new pair of pants & a fancy wool shirt [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] which [[strikethrough]] they were [[/strikethrough]] overwhelmed [[insertion]] them [[/insertion]] with riches. They returned profuse thanks. [[insertion]] Indeed they [[/insertion]] were [[insertion]] made [[/insertion]] nimble with joyous feelings by the Captain's presents.
But Esquimaux are Esquimaux here & everywhere. They could not spare the enjoyment of such blessings a moment, so on went the pants - over slush Boots, 2 other pairs of [[insertion]] what [[/insertion]] might in [[underlined]] earlier [[/underlined]] days been called pants! "Sampson's" was a fair fit - that is to say, they were tight as a drum. But Ephraim's! - [[strikethrough]] about [[/strikethrough]] The waiste part would meet within half a foot - This was all the same to him. He drew a long - very long breath - so long in truth that I could but think he might be [[underlined]] a Whale [[/underlined]], breathing once in 10 minutes on
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Transcription Notes:
Kabloonak is the Inuit slang term for white man.