Ice, ice, ice! everything seemed to have been converted into ice when the day broke on the following morning and awoke the sleepers1 in the camp. A sharp frost during the night, accompanied by a fall of snow, had, as if by magic, converted spring into winter. Icy particles hung upon and covered, not only the young leaves and buds of the bushes, but the branches also, giving to them a white and extremely airy appearance. Snow lay on the upper sides of the canoes, and weighed heavily on the tent, causing its folds, once seemingly so pure and white, to look dirty by contrast. Snow lay on the protruding2 legs of the men, and encircled the black spot where rested the ashes of last night’s brilliant fire. Ice grated on the pebbles3 of the shore; ice floated on the sea; icy hummocks4 and mounds5 rose above its surface; and icebergs6 raised their pinnacles7 on the far-off horizon, and cut sharply into the bright blue sky.
It was cold, but it was not cheerless; for when Eda put out her head at the curtain doorway8 of the tent, and opened her eyes upon the magic scene, the sun’s edge rose above the horizon, as if to greet her, and sent a flood of light far and near through the spacious9 universe, converting the sea into glass, with islands of frosted silver on its bosom10. It was a gorgeous scene, worthy11 of its great Creator, who in His mysterious working scatters12 gems13 of beauty oftentimes in places where there is scarce a single human eye to behold14 their excellence15.
Although the sea was covered with ice, there were, nevertheless, several lanes of open water not far from the shore; so that when Stanley called a council, composed of Frank Morton, Dick Prince, and Massan, it was agreed unanimously that they should attempt to proceed. And it was well that they did so; for they had not advanced many miles, winding17 their way cautiously among the canals of open water, when they doubled a promontory18, beyond which there was little or no ice to be seen, merely a few scattered19 fragments and fields, that served to enhance the beauty of the scene by the airy lightness of their appearance in contrast with the bright blue of the sea and sky, but did not interrupt the progress of the travellers. The three canoes always maintained their relative positions during the journey as much as possible. That is to say, Frank and the two Indians went first in the small canoe, to lead the way, while the two large canoes kept abreast20 of each other when the open water was wide enough to permit of their doing so. This, besides being more sociable21, enabled the two crews to join in the chorus of those beautiful songs with which they frequently enlivened the voyage.
During all this day, and for many days following, they continued to enjoy fine weather and to make rapid progress. Sometimes the ice was pretty thick, and once or twice they narrowly escaped being nipped by collapsing23 masses, which caused them to jump out, hastily throw the baggage on the ice, and haul the canoes out of the water. On these occasions the men proved themselves to be sterling24 fellows, nearly all of them being cool, prompt, and collected in the moment of danger. No doubt there were exceptions. La Roche, when any sudden crisis of danger arose, usually threw himself blindly over the side of the canoe on to the ice with the lightness and agility25 of a harlequin. He recked not whether he came down on his head or his feet, and more than once nearly broke his neck in consequence of his precipitancy. But La Roche was no coward, and the instant the first burst of excitement was over he rushed to render effective assistance. Bryan, too, although not so mercurial26 as La Roche, was apt to lose self-command for about five minutes when any sudden danger assailed27 him, so that he frequently sat still, staring wildly straight before him, while the others were actively28 unloading the canoes; and once, when the danger was more critical than usual, having sat till the canoe was empty, and paid no attention to a prompt, gruff order to jump ashore29, he had been seized by the strong arms of Gaspard and tossed out of the canoe like a puppy dog. On these occasions he invariably endeavoured to make up for his fault by displaying, on recovery, the most outrageous30 and daring amount of unnecessary recklessness,—uttering, at the same time, an amazing number of strange expressions, among which “Tare an’ ages!” “Och! murder!” and several others less lucid31 in signification, predominated. Chimo was always first ashore, and instantly wheeled round to greet Eda, who was also always second, thanks to the strong and prompt arm of François, who sat just in front, and by tacit agreement took her under his special charge. As for Mrs Stanley, the arm that was rightfully her own, and had been her shield in many a scene of danger, proved ever ready and able to succour the “first volunteer” to Ungava.
At times the sea was quite free of ice, and many miles were soon added to the space which separated the little band of adventurers from the rest of the human world. Their encampments varied32 according to the nature of the coast, being sometimes among pine-trees, or surrounded by dwarf33 willows34; at other times on the bare sand of the sea-shore; and occasionally at the extremity35 of long-projecting capes36 and promontories37, where they had to pitch their tent and make their beds in the clefts38 of the solid rock. But wherever they laid them down to rest—on the rock, or on the sand, or within the shade of the forest—it was always found, as Mrs Stanley remarked of the first night’s encampment, that they were extremely comfortable and eminently39 snug40.
They were successful, too, in procuring41 an ample supply of fresh provisions. There were ducks and geese of various kinds, and innumerable quantities of plover42, cormorants43, gulls44, and eider-ducks, the eggs of which they found in thousands. Many of these birds were good for food, and the eggs of most of them, especially those of the eider-duck, were excellent. Reindeer45 were also met with; and, among other trophies46 of his skill as a hunter, Frank one day brought in a black bear, parts of which were eaten with great gusto by the Esquimaux and Indians, to the immense disgust of Bryan, who expressed his belief that the “haythens was barely fit to live,” and were most justly locked out from society in “thim dissolate polar raygeons.” There were many seals, also, in the sea, which put up their ugly, grotesque47 heads ever and anon, gazed at the canoes with their huge, fishy48 eyes, as in surprise at the sight of such novel marine49 monsters, and then sank slowly beneath the wave. These animals were never molested50, out of respect to the feelings of the two Indians, who believed them to be gods, and assured Stanley that the destruction of one would infallibly bring down ill-luck and disaster on the heads of the party. Stanley smiled inwardly at this, but gave orders that no seals should be shot—an order which all were very willing to obey, as they did not require the animals either for food or any other purpose. Several white polar bears were seen, but they also were spared, as they require a great deal of shot to kill them, if not hit exactly behind the ear; and besides, neither their bodies nor skins were of any use to the travellers.
Thus all went favourably52 for a time. But life is a chequered story, and the sun of prosperity does not always shine, as we shall see.
One fine morning, as they were paddling cheerfully along in the neighbourhood of Cape22 Jones, it struck Mr Stanley that he might prove the correctness of his sextant and other instruments before entering upon the country which to most of the party was terra incognita. This was the more necessary that he could not depend on the guidance of Oostesimow and Ma-Istequan, they having travelled only once, long ago, through part of the country, while the latter part of it was totally unknown to them. It was one of those beautiful mornings that are peculiar53 to arctic regions, when the air is inexpressibly still, and all inanimate nature seems hushed in profound repose54—a repose which is rather rendered more effective than otherwise by the plaintive55 cries of wild-fowl or the occasional puffing56 of a whale. There was a peculiar brilliancy, too, in the atmosphere, caused by the presence of so many fields and hummocks of white ice, looming57 fantastically through a thin, dry, gauze-like haze58, which, while it did not dim the brightness of the solar rays, lent an additional charm to every object by shrouding59 it in a veil of mystery.
On passing the point the men ceased rowing, and proceeded to solace60 themselves with a five-minutes’ pipe—an indulgence which voyageurs always claim as their due after a long spell at the oars61 or paddles.
“Put ashore here, Massan,” said Stanley, turning to the guide; “I shall take an observation, if possible, and you can set the men to hunt for eggs. We shall want them, as the larder64 is rather low just now.”
Massan muttered assent65, and, shouting to the other canoe to put ashore, ran alongside the rocks.
“You’d better hail the little canoe,” said Stanley, as he landed. “I shall want Mr Morton to assist me.”
Massan stepped upon an elevated rock, and, shading his eyes with his hands, looked earnestly ahead where he observed the little canoe almost beyond vision, and just going to double a point of land. Transferring his hands to his mouth, he used them as a trumpet66, and gave forth67 a shout the like of which had never startled the echoes of the place before.
“It’s no use, sir,” said Massan; “he’s past hearin’. I’m afeerd that they’re off in the direction o’ the White Bear Hills, in hopes o’ gittin’ a shot.”
“Try again, Massan,” urged Stanley; “raise your pipe a little higher. Perhaps it will reach them.”
Massan shook his head. “Try it, Bryan,” he said, turning to the Irishman, who was sitting on a rock leisurely68 filling his short, black pipe.
“Is it to halloo ye want me?” replied Bryan, rising. “Shure the great gun of Athlone itself could niver hold a candle to ye, Massan, at yellin’; but I’ll try, anyhow;” and putting his hands to his mouth he gave forth a roar compared to which Massan’s was nothing. There was a sort of crack in the tone of it, however, that was so irresistibly69 ridiculous that the whole party burst incontinently into a fit of laughter. Loud though it was, it failed to reach the ears of those in the little canoe, which in a few seconds doubled the point and disappeared.
“Ah, bad luck to it!” said Bryan, in disgust; “the pipe’s damaged intirely. Small pace to ye, Bob Mahone; for shure it was howlin’ and screechin’ at your wake like a born scrandighowl that broke it.”
“Never mind, lad; what remains70 of it is not bad,” said Stanley, laughing, as he proceeded to open the box containing his scientific instruments.
Meanwhile his wife and Edith wandered along the rocks picking up shells and pebbles; and the men dispersed71, some to smoke and chat, others to search for eggs. Bryan and La Roche, who were both aspiring72 geniuses, and had formed a sort of rough attachment73 to each other, asked permission to take a walk to the point ahead, where they would wait for the canoes. Having obtained it, they set off at a good round pace, that would have been “throublesome to kape up,” as Bryan remarked, “with payse in yer shoes!”
“Why you come for to jine de company?” inquired La Roche, as they jogged along.
“Why? bekase I’d nothin’ else to do, as the ould song says. Ye see, Losh,” (Bryan had invented a contraction74 for his friend’s name, which he said was “convanient”)—“ye see, Losh, there may be more nor wan63 raison for a gintleman lavin’ his native land in order to thravel in furrin parts. It’s thrue I had nothin’ in the univarse to do, for I could niver git work nohow, an’ whin I got it I could niver kape it. I niver could onderstan’ why, but so it was. Nivertheless I managed to live well enough in the ould cabin wid the murphies—”
“Vat62 is murphies?” inquired La Roche.
“Bliss yer innocent face, don’t ye know it’s praties?”
“’Tis vat?”
“Praties, boy, or pit-taties, if I must be partic’lar.”
“Ah! goot, goot, I understan’—pettitoes. Oui, oui, ye call him pomme de terre.”
“Hum! well, as I was sayin’, I got on pretty well wid the pumdeterres an’ the pig, but the pig died wan day—choked hisself on a murphy—that is, a pumbleterre; an’ more betoken75, it was the last murphy in the house, a powerful big wan that my grandmother had put by for supper. After this ivery thin’ wint to smithereens. The rot came, and I thought I should have to list for a sodger. Well, Bob Mahone died o’ dhrink and starvation, an’ we had a beautiful wake; but there was a rig’lar shindy got up, an’ two or three o’ the county p’lice misbehaved themselves, so I jist floored them all, wan after the other, an’ bolted. Well, I wint straight to Dublin, an’ there I met wid an ould friend who was the skipper o’ a ship bound for New York. Says he, ‘Bryan, will ye go?’ Says I, ‘Av coorse; ’an ’shure enough I wint, an’ got over the say to ’Meriky.’ But I could niver settle down, so, wan way or another, I came at last to Montreal and jined the Company; an’ afther knockin’ about in the Columbia and Mackenzie’s River for some years, I was sint to Moose, an’ here I am, Losh, yer sarvant to command.”
“Goot, ver’ goot, mais peculiaire,” said La Roche, whose intimacy76 with this son of Erin had enabled him to comprehend enough of his jargon77 to grasp the general scope of his discourse78.
“Av ye mane that lavin’ the ould country was goot,” said Bryan, stooping to pick up a stone and skim it along the smooth surface of the sea, “p’raps ye’re right; but there’s wan thing I niver could make my mind aisy about,” and the blacksmith’s voice became deep and his face grave as he recalled these bygone days.
“Vat were dat?” inquired La Roche.
“Why, ye see, Losh, I was so hard druve by the p’lice that I was forced to lave wid-out sayin’ good day to my ould mother, an’ they tould me it almost broke her heart; but I’ve had wan or two screeds from the priest wid her cross at them since, and she’s got over it, an’ lookin’ out for my returnin’—bliss her sowl!—an’ I’ve sint her five pounds ivery year since I left: so ye see, Losh, I’ve great hope o’ seein’ her yit, for although she’s ould she’s oncommon tough, an’ having come o’ a long-winded stock, I’ve great hopes o’ her.”
Poor Bryan! it never entered into his reckless brain to think that, considering the life of almost constant peril79 he led in the land of his pilgrimage, there was more hope of the longevity80 of his old mother than of himself. Like many of his countrymen, he was a man of strong, passionate81, warm feelings, and remarkably82 unselfish.
“Is your contry resemblance to dat?” inquired La Roche, pointing, as he spoke83, towards the sea, which was covered with fields and mountains of ice as far out as the eye could discern.
“Be the nose o’ my great-grandmother (an’ that was be no manes a short wan), no!” replied Bryan, with a laugh. “The say that surrounds ould Ireland is niver covered with sich sugar-plums as these. But what have we here?”
As he spoke they reached the point at which they were to await the coming up of the canoes, and the object which called forth Bryan’s remark was the little canoe, which lay empty on the beach just beyond the point. From the manner in which it lay it was evident that Frank and his Indians had placed it there; but there was no sign of their presence save one or two footprints on the sand. While La Roche was examining these, his companion walked towards a point of rock that jutted84 out from the cliffs and intercepted85 the view beyond. On turning round this, he became suddenly rooted to the spot with horror. And little wonder, for just two yards before him stood an enormous polar bear, whose career was suddenly arrested by Bryan’s unexpected appearance. It is difficult to say whether the man or the beast expressed most surprise at the rencounter. They both stood stock still, and opened their eyes to the utmost width. But the poor Irishman was evidently petrified86 by the apparition87. He turned deadly pale, and his hands hung idly by his sides; while the bear, recovering from his surprise, rose on his hind51 legs and walked up to him—a sure sign that he was quite undaunted, and had made up his mind to give battle. As for La Roche, the instant he cast his eyes on the ferocious-looking quadruped, he uttered a frightful88 yell, bounded towards a neighbouring tree, and ceased not to ascend89 until its topmost branches were bending beneath his weight. Meanwhile the bear walked up to Bryan, but not meeting with the anticipated grapple of an enemy, and feeling somewhat uneasy under the cataleptic stare of the poor man’s eyes—for he still stood petrified with horror—it walked slowly round him, putting its cold nose on his cheek, as if to tempt16 him to move. But the five minutes of bewilderment that always preceded Bryan’s recovery from a sudden fright had not yet expired. He still remained perfectly90 motionless, so that the bear, disdaining91, apparently92, to attack an unresisting foe93, dropped on his forelegs again. It is difficult to say whether there is any truth in the well-known opinion that the calm, steady gaze of a human eye can quell94 any animal. Doubtless there are many stories, more or less authentic95, corroborative96 of the fact; but whether this be true or not, we are ready to vouch97 for the truth of this fact—namely, that under the influence of the blacksmith’s gaze, or his silence it may be, the bear was absolutely discomfited98. It retreated a step or two, and walked slowly away, looking over its shoulder now and then as it went, as if it half anticipated an onslaught in the rear.
We have already said that Bryan was no craven, and that when his faculties99 were collected he usually displayed a good deal of reckless valour on occasions of danger. Accordingly, no sooner did he see his shaggy adversary100 in full retreat, than the truant101 blood returned to his face with a degree of violence that caused it to blaze with fiery102 red, and swelled103 the large veins104 of his neck and forehead almost to bursting. Uttering a truly Irish halloo, he bounded forward like a tiger, tore the cap off his head and flung it violently before him, drew the axe105 which always hung at his belt, and in another moment stood face to face with the white monster, which had instantly accepted the challenge, and rose on its hind legs to receive him. Raising the axe with both hands, the man aimed a blow at the bear’s head; but with a rapid movement of its paw it turned the weapon aside and dashed it into the air. Another such blow, and the reckless blacksmith’s career would have been brought to an abrupt106 conclusion, when the crack of a rifle was heard. Its echo reverberated107 along the cliffs and floated over the calm water as the polar bear fell dead at Bryan’s feet.
“Hurrah!” shouted Frank Morton, as he sprang from the bushes, knife in hand, ready to finish the work which his rifle had so well begun. But it needed not. Frank had hit the exact spot behind the ear which renders a second ball unnecessary—the bear was already quite dead.
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