much more pleasant thing for us than for the people on board. This
proved true; for presently they tacked again, and stood straight in
towards where we were standing. Coming very near the shore, we did
everything we could to attract their attention. We shouted as loud as we
could, we threw up our caps and waved them round our heads, and we ran
to and fro, all the savages doing the same.

"O how excited we became! almost frantic, indeed. A ship so near and yet
so far away! Four ships gone by and out of sight! Those on board the
fifth and last unconscious of our presence on the desolate shore; and
how could we make the people see us? I cannot tell you what anxious
moments these were during which we watched the ship as she came nearer
and nearer to where we stood.

"At length she is so near that we can see the people on the deck; why
can they not see us?

"The sails are shivering; the ship is coming to the wind! Have they
seen us? are they heaving the vessel to? will they send a boat ashore to
fetch us off?

"We hear the creaking of the blocks; the yards are swinging round; the
braces are hauled taut; the other tack is aboard; they are _not_ heaving
to!

"The vessel fills away again; the sails are bulging out; the vessel
drives ahead; they have not seen us!

"Shout again! Up and down, up and down, once more across the
snow,--shout! shout all in chorus! but it is of no use.

"The bows fall off; the vessel turns back upon her course. Where is she
going now? is she homeward bound?

"O no! she steers for the land; she nears it; she passes beyond a point
below us, and is out of sight! Where has she gone?

"We follow after her, hurrying all we can. Miles of rough travelling
over rocks and through deep gorges,--climbing down one side and up the
other. The savages are with us.

"What is our hope? It is that the vessel, failing to get through the
ice, has sought the land for shelter, and will find an anchorage and
there remain until the ice opens ahead, and gives the ship once more a
chance to go upon her course.

"Soon we round a lofty cliff that rises almost squarely from the sea,
with only a narrow, rugged track between it and the water, and we come
upon a narrow bay. A little farther, and there the vessel lies before
us,--quietly at anchor, with her sails all furled.

"Again we see the men upon the deck,--faintly, but still we see them.

"Again we shout.

"We see a man halting by the bulwarks; something glitte