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St. Michael’s Alaska.
December  1877-
1st
Fog and light snow during the day.

Dec 2
At 10 am a mock sun was observed about 20[degrees] to the right of the sun upon a cumulus cloud It was of a peculiar brassy lustre but not very sharply defined. 

[[crossed out]] December 3 [[/crossed out]]
 
A peculiarity about this was that the sun has not yet [[crossed out]] a [[/crossed out]] appeared above the horizon. 

December 3 and 4
Nothing of interest- a faint aurora was seen on the evening of the 5th only a faint glow however, was seen.
December 6 about four inches of snow fell only a small portion of which was caught 

in the rain gauge owing to the wind

December 7-
Light snow in the P.M. A short time before dark Agnapiak arrived from Unalakleet with a sled. During the evening he produced some presents he had brought--among which were some trofasa’s for the agents and some models of squirrel and fox traps for me also as a kind of “bolas” with eight ivory balls each attached to a string of braided deer sinew fastened together at their extremities with the balls hanging free a loop in the end of the cords for admitting the third finger is used in throwing the instrument. He showed us how it was 

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