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No
wonder
we
called
it
Endeavour
Island
.
For
two
weeks
we
toiled
at
building
a
hut
.
Maud
insisted
on
helping
,
and
I
could
have
wept
over
her
bruised
and
bleeding
hands
.
And
still
,
I
was
proud
of
her
because
of
it
.
There
was
something
heroic
about
this
gently-bred
woman
enduring
our
terrible
hardship
and
with
her
pittance
of
strength
bending
to
the
tasks
of
a
peasant
woman
.
She
gathered
many
of
the
stones
which
I
built
into
the
walls
of
the
hut
;
also
,
she
turned
a
deaf
ear
to
my
entreaties
when
I
begged
her
to
desist
.
She
compromised
,
however
,
by
taking
upon
herself
the
lighter
labours
of
cooking
and
gathering
driftwood
and
moss
for
our
winter
's
supply
.
The
hut
's
walls
rose
without
difficulty
,
and
everything
went
smoothly
until
the
problem
of
the
roof
confronted
me
.
Of
what
use
the
four
walls
without
a
roof
?
And
of
what
could
a
roof
be
made
?
There
were
the
spare
oars
,
very
true
.
They
would
serve
as
roof-beams
;
but
with
what
was
I
to
cover
them
?
Moss
would
never
do
.
Tundra
grass
was
impracticable
.
We
needed
the
sail
for
the
boat
,
and
the
tarpaulin
had
begun
to
leak
.
"
Winters
used
walrus
skins
on
his
hut
,
"
I
said
.
"
There
are
the
seals
,
"
she
suggested
.
So
next
day
the
hunting
began
.
I
did
not
know
how
to
shoot
,
but
I
proceeded
to
learn
.
And
when
I
had
expended
some
thirty
shells
for
three
seals
,
I
decided
that
the
ammunition
would
be
exhausted
before
I
acquired
the
necessary
knowledge
.
I
had
used
eight
shells
for
lighting
fires
before
I
hit
upon
the
device
of
banking
the
embers
with
wet
moss
,
and
there
remained
not
over
a
hundred
shells
in
the
box
.
"
We
must
club
the
seals
,
"
I
announced
,
when
convinced
of
my
poor
marksmanship
.
"
I
have
heard
the
sealers
talk
about
clubbing
them
.
"
"
They
are
so
pretty
,
"
she
objected
.
"
I
can
not
bear
to
think
of
it
being
done
.
It
is
so
directly
brutal
,
you
know
;
so
different
from
shooting
them
.
"
"
That
roof
must
go
on
,
"
I
answered
grimly
.
"
Winter
is
almost
here
.
It
is
our
lives
against
theirs
.
It
is
unfortunate
we
have
n't
plenty
of
ammunition
,
but
I
think
,
anyway
,
that
they
suffer
less
from
being
clubbed
than
from
being
all
shot
up
.
Besides
,
I
shall
do
the
clubbing
.
"
"
That
's
just
it
,
"
she
began
eagerly
,
and
broke
off
in
sudden
confusion
.
"
Of
course
,
"
I
began
,
"
if
you
prefer
--
"
