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Excerpt from Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, Vol. 2 of 2: In 1833, 1834 and 1835, Under the Command of Capt. Back, R. N Anecdotes of the Indians with regard to Beam - Extraordinary fatness of the Bean - Gluttony ascribed to the Esquimaux in a certain degree accounted for. - The Manners and Customs of the North American Indians compared with the Laplanders and others. - Combats between the Polar Bear and the Walrus. - Departure from Tal-thel-leh and Arrival at Fort Resolution. - Indian Game stets. Grey and Red sucking-carp, Metby, Denizen of the Northern Lakes, Tullibee, and Gold Eye. - The Okow and Ame rican Sandre proved to be the same species. Arrival of Mr. M'leod and his Family. - Important service rendered by Mr. Hutchinson. - Certain Indications of the advance of Spring. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.