. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. gtheir language and becomingfamiliar with their ways. Headopted their dress and mode oflife, and at length-became so ac-customed to the food of the na-tives that he preferred it to thedishes of civilization. He had a relish for raw seal-meat, which he pronounced supe-rior to the finest beefsteak ever cooked, and he was perfectly happy whensitting down to dinner in an Eskimo hut — a performance that wouldnot result agreeably to the stomach of an ordinary man. In the accountof his travels he describes one of these parties, where a whole family, i
. Adventures of two youths in the open Polar Sea. gtheir language and becomingfamiliar with their ways. Headopted their dress and mode oflife, and at length-became so ac-customed to the food of the na-tives that he preferred it to thedishes of civilization. He had a relish for raw seal-meat, which he pronounced supe-rior to the finest beefsteak ever cooked, and he was perfectly happy whensitting down to dinner in an Eskimo hut — a performance that wouldnot result agreeably to the stomach of an ordinary man. In the accountof his travels he describes one of these parties, where a whole family, in-cluding half a dozen dogs, entertained him with a feast which began withraw seal and frozen fish, and terminated with stewed seal, cooked in a potthat had no other cleaning than what it received from the tongues of thedogs. Probably his appetite was sharpened by hunger, which in all ageshas been pronounced the best sauce. But we are wandering from the searches for Sir John Franklin,which we may as well finish before we go on to other CAPTAIN HALL AMONG THE ESKIMOS. FINDING THE BOAT. 29
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