"Is it possible that people live there?
What can be the inducements ?" "Seals, probably," said Kit,--"seals and whales.

That's the Esquimaux bill of fare, I've heard, varied with an occasional white bear or a sea-horse." "A true 'Husky' (Esquimau) won't eat a mouthful of cooked victuals," said Capt.

Mazard; "takes every thing raw." "Should think so much raw meat would make them fierce and savage," remarked Wade: "makes dogs savage to give them raw meat." "But the Esquimaux are a rather good-natured set, I've heard," replied Kit.
"Not always," said the captain.

"The whalers have trouble with them very often; though these whalemen are doubtless anything but angels," he added.

"In dealing with them, it is well to have a good show of muskets, or a big gun or two showing its muzzle: makes 'em more civil.
Cases have been where they've boarded a scantily-manned vessel; to get the plunder, you see.