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it is not very cold.

Jan 30-
Saxe and his brother came today bringing some furs and a few ethnological specimens to trade They also brought some Ermine and Sciunishardsonius [[??]] but so much was asked for the former that I declined to invest.

Distant mirage today which took many liberties with the landscape By simply moving back and forth or jumping up and down the hills would appear to assume the most diverse shapes, changing in height and outline as though one would look at them through a glass containing many contortions and flaws - pieces of ice would rise into perpendicular columns one instant then be flattened horizontally the next.

Jan 31st-
Saxe & bro left this morning about noon Lannan's boy came from the other side with a sled load of ethnological specimens for me from the north of the Yukon-.

Later in the afternoon Belkoff arrived from the Yukon below Nulato.

February 1st
Big John and Lannan came across today for a visit

Feb 2d 3d 4th 5th & 6th the weather remained intensely cold on the last named date going down to -52° Fahr. We were careful to remain at home and I have been busily engaged on my reports for several weeks. The constant want of exercise tells on one as lack of appetite and a genuine feeling of inertia shows. The days are becoming longer hour [[??]] and we look forward with pleasure to the coming of springtime.

Time slips by rapidly and ere we are aware of it we shall have