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The Arctic Spring.--Snow disappearing.--Plants show Signs of Life.--Return of the Birds.--Change in the Sea.--Refitting the Schooner.--The Esquimaux.--Visit to Kalutunah.--Kalutunah's Account of the Esquimau Traditions.--Hunting-Grounds contracted by the Accumulation of Ice.--Hardships of their Life.--Their Subsistence.--The Race dwindling away.--Visit to the Glacier.--Re-survey of the Glacier.--Kalutunah catching Birds.--A Snow-Storm and a Gale.--The Mid-day of the Arctic Summer

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