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success. Will reserve a description of the offer until a longer one is witnessed.

Nov. 14-
A fog prevailed during the morning but cleared away at 12m. and having recently constructed a sun-dial we compared our watches with it and found we were an hour and a half behind. Made the necessary corrections.

It is now dark from 4 P.M. until 8 A.M.

A beautiful evening the moon shining in all her glory the contrast being so great that the sky appears black except where few of the larger stars show.

Nov. 15
Some women came from the other shore and said a beluga had been found in the ice near their place. Upon this I proposed investigating the matter and the assistant agent here Mr. [[illegible]] [[Lornzce?]] proposed to take me over with a dog tram. Taking rope, an ax and my native assistant we set out arriving at the station I obtained the  services of the woman who found the beluga and we started out on the ice. After about [[crossout]] mile walk we found the beluga with his [[strikethrough]]back proj[[/strikethrough]] belly projecting through the ice. We went to work and