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break up;  and I found that I was not a day too soon, as at Ath-nake-mute, on the sea coast, I found open water, hired a large skin boat and in it placed dogs, sled & provisions, and all hands, and continued our course until we again found the ice.  [[marginalia]] (10) [[/marginalia]]

My examination of the country along the Northern & western shores of Norton Bay, as far as Sound Golovine, shows a good country for telegrahic purposes.  Trees can be secured sufficiently large to meet the requirements.  Norton Bay is thickly settled with Indians and Indian settlements, with numerous rivers abounding in fish, and in spring the country is filled with game.  The cut-off through the mountains, as explored by Mr. J. B. Chappel, on the western shores of the bay, and leading to [[Ikathlink-mute]], to the Northwest of Sound Golovine, shows a good pass for the line;  but the greater portion of it is entirely barren of trees, and the means of transportation, especially in summer, difficult.  [[marginalia]] (20) [[/marginalia]]

Following the sea coast which I think will be the best route for the line, poles can be placed with but little difficulty, until reaching sound Golovine, when trees must either be rafted from [[?IKathlink]] river, head of the Sound, along its shores;  or poles be landed, which latter in my opinion, would be the best method
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