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They used to play at feats of strength, such as finger-pulling, with the Eskimos. 1 of the males had an accordion, one more a banjo, and as I sat functioning in my cabin I utilised frequently to hear them singing “Annie Rooney,” “McGinty,” “The Spanish Cavalier,” and sometimes “Household, Sweet Residence.” Nobody seemed to be bored. Percy, who had specific charge of the phonograph, frequently treated the men to a concert, and all by way of the winter I heard nobody complain of monotony or homesickness. The subsequent day we completed the circuit of the western shore of the Inlet,...