CHAPTER XIII. Fort Macpherson Folk

FORT MACPHERSON FOLK

Sir John Franklin's lobsticks at Point Separation--We reach Fort Macpherson on the Peel--Sergeant Fitzgerald, R.N.W.M.P., eulogizes the Eskimo--An Eskimo wife must make boots that are waterproof--She ariseth also while it is yet night and cheweth the boots of her household--Cribbage-boards the link between Dick Swiveller and the Eskimo--Linked sweetness long drawn out--Chauncey Depew of the Kogmollycs