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forgotten the name of the bay whose extreme point, is on the Arctic Circle. The river as far as I can learn follows almost exactly the course which the line would follow, should it be necessary to build to the Bay of St. Lawrence.
   It affords no timber at all, but it would be desirable to build the line along, on account of the facilities were to offer for the transportation of stores for the stations in that vicinity, and perhaps also for the transportation of poles, wire &c. I would suggest that in the spring when the water is highest, two of your officers be sent to the mouth of the Anadyr in [[bideras?]] to determine more accurately than I have been able to do, the course of the river, and to ascertain at what points it overflows, and how near its banks it would be safe to build the line, the matter it seems to me, of considerable importance. They could take the whaleboat which was left for the use of the Anadyr party, and cross the Bay of Anadyr to the reported river, and judge from its mouth as to its size, length and usefulness. They could live in their old house at Hunters Point until the high water subsides, and then returned with the whaleboat and some few things which we were compelled to leave there, telling up with dogs when necessary and using sales when possible.
   I can think of nothing more in our trip,
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