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taken from her this winter, with sledges.

Among the materials received were 500 Telegraph poles, which now proved themselves to be of the greatest value, as very good quarters were built of them which with the 100 tons of coal and stoves from the Gate will render the crew comfortable.

I was somewhat disappointed in seeing no Tchuctchus, as I had hoped to obtain deer from them to sustain the party, And began to fear that they had taken some other route in their winter Emigrations to the mountains to the south of the Anadyr.

It was also time for the dogs to arrive from Markova, but they would go to camp Macrae and not finding us turn back. so I sent a party on foot a distance of 45 miles to go to Camp Macrae and there leave signs indicating where we were.

While there a Tchuctchu passed with his herd of deer whom they persuaded to visit our station. When he arrived I made him a few presents and bargained with him for 150 deer at a moderate rate, so that there is no longer any anxiety