Page:Life with the Esquimaux - 1864 - Volume 2.djvu/217

198 the 25th a great many of the natives came on board to pass the evening with our foremast hands. They spent some time in singing and dancing to whistling and the music of an instrument called the "keeloun." The sport served an excellent

PLAYING THE "KEELOUN." purpose in keeping all in good spirits and helping to pass away the long night.