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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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t had not ventured todisturb me. It is characteristic of them that they will not awaken a slumberingwhite man. The traveling was much improved,the drivers pushed the dogs as rapidlyas possible, and progress was good. Onan island that we passed I killed threeArctic hares with my .22 automaticrifle, and Okspuddyshou killed five, awelcome variety to our diet. The Arctichare is several times larger than our or-dinary hare and the flesh is even morepalatable. I shall never forget the feast thatthose Eskimos had when we next halted.I made a careful note of what the sixmen consumed within three hours—seven hares, one seal, about a bucketfulof dried walrus meat prepared by Dr.Cook for dog food while at Annootok,and two large cups of tea and four bis-cuits per man. A good part of the sealand all the hare meat they ate raw, likehungry dogs. I trained my cameraupon them, but Eskimos have a decidedobjection to being photographed whilethey eat, and out of respect to their\\ ishes I desisted. 274
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Copyright, JgOQ, by Harry Uhitmy.ARCTIC HARE, SHOT IN ELLESMERE LAND, FROZEN INTO STARTLING LIFELIKENESS. The drivers had beeen urging theirdogs forward with unusual speed, andnow the reason developed. They wereanxious to reach a cache made by Dr.Cook more than a year before, when hewas on his way north. It was expectedthat tobacco would be found in it, andthe Eskimos were simply crazy to getat it. We found it on the side of asteep hill, with the supplies covered withrocks. Camp was made a few hundredyards from land. I insisted that allshould be made snug before the cachewas opened, and every one worked withfeverish haste. Finally, wThen camp wasin order and I gave the wTord, theyrushed forward. Under the stones we found four largetin boxes containing one box of tea, onebox of sugar, one box of coffee, five cansof cranberry sauce, twenty-four boxes ofmatches, a number of cakes of chocolate,two boxes of films for small camera, sixrolls of films which I found would fitmy own camera and

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