ESQUIMAUX CHRISTIAN.

A MEMOIR


BY THE REV. T. B. MURRAY, M.A.

AUTHOR OF "PITCAIRN, THE ISLAND, THE PEOPLE, AND
THE PASTOR"

PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION,
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE

LONDON

Printed for the

SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE

SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORIES
GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,
4, ROYAL EXCHANGE, AND 16, HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE
AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS

1856


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CONTENTS

PAGE
Kallihirua the Esquimaux [7]
Her Majesty's Ship "Assistance" [8]
Cape York [9]
Kallihirua on board the "Assistance" [10]
The Esquimaux Graves [11]
Kallihirua's Family [12]
Lines on "Kallihirua in the Ship" [13]
Description of the Esquimaux [15]
Admiral Beechey's Account [16]
The Seal [17]
The Narwhal [18]
Sir W. Edward Parry's Account [19]
Need of Christian Instruction [21]
Kallihirua's Tribe [22]
Kallihirua in England [ib.]
His Fondness for Prints and Drawings [23]
Seal Hunter [24]
Sights in England [25]
Great Exhibition of 1851 [26]
St. Augustine's College [27]
College Studies [28]
His Reverence for Sacred Places [29]
Illness from Changes in the Weather [30]
Greenland-Esquimaux Vocabulary [31]
Visit to Kalli at College [32]
His Amusements and Occupations [34]
Baptism of Kallihirua [36]
Stanzas by the Warden [43]
Kalli at St. John's, Newfoundland [45]
Death of Archdeacon Bridge [47]
Intelligence from Newfoundland [48]
Allusion to Prince Le Boo [49]
Accounts from St John's [50]
Letter from Kalli [51]
Kalli's Illness and Death [52]
Legacy to a Friend [56]
Kalli's Funeral [57]
Intended Memorial [58]
Practical Reflections [59]
Conclusion [60]

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Kallihirua[To face Title Page]
Map, including his BirthplaceTo face Page[10]
Entrance to a Snow HutPage[15]
Esquimaux Striking a Narwhal [18]
Seal Hunter [24]
Walrus and Seal [35]
St. Martin's Church, CanterburyTo face page[39]

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