We then resorted to various expedients, such as holding our hands knee-high and hip-high; but the requisite gleam of intelligence could not be inspired.

So, with another repetition of the word _henne-lay_, we started off a delegation of eight or nine after the female portion of the settlement.
While they were gone, the six who had gone to slaughter the bear came back, bringing the hide and a considerable quantity of the meat.

Bits were distributed among the crowd, and eaten raw and reeking as if a delicacy.

We _chymoed_ the bear-skin from them for a bar of iron.
In about an hour a great _ta-yar-r-r-ing_ from the shoreward bespoke the embarkation of the _ladies_; and, with our glasses, we could make out a large boat coming off, surrounded by _kayaks_.
"That's the _oomiak_," said Kit.

"Looks like quite a barge." "Don't lose your hearts now," laughed the captain.