Chapter I: Front Matter

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Among the Esquimaux

OR

Adventures under the Arctic Circle

BY

EDWARD S. ELLIS, A.M.

AUTHOR OF "The Campers Out," Etc., Etc.

PHILADELPHIA THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY 1894

COPYRIGHT 1894 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I TWO PASSENGERS ON THE "NAUTILUS" 7

II A COLOSSAL SOMERSAULT 16

III AN ALARMING SITUATION 27

IV ADRIFT 38

V AN ICY COUCH 46

VI MISSING 55

VII A POINT OF LIGHT 64

VIII HOPE DEFERRED 73

IX A STARTLING OCCURRENCE 82

X AN UGLY CUSTOMER 91

XI LIVELY TIMES 99

XII FRED'S EXPERIENCE 108

XIII THE FOG 117

XIV A COLLISION 126

XV THE SOUND OF A VOICE 135

XVI LAND HO! 144

XVII DOCAK AND HIS HOME 153

XVIII A NEW EXPEDITION 162

XIX A WONDERFUL EXHIBITION 171

XX THE HERD OF MUSK OXEN 180

XXI CLOSE QUARTERS 189

XXII FRED'S TURN 198

XXIII IN THE CAVERN 207

XXIV UNWELCOME CALLERS 216

XXV THE COMING SHADOW 225

XXVI WALLED IN 234

XXVII "COME ON!" 243

XXVIII A HOPELESS TASK 251

XXIX TEN MILES 260

XXX THE LAST PAUSE 269

XXXI ANOTHER SOUND 278

XXXII THE WILD MEN OF GREENLAND 287

XXXIII CONCLUSION 301

AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX