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afraid to touch it but at last the idea of such a valuable skin going to waste caused him to go and take it out but he kept sayings he took it out "God damn the Americans God damn the Americans" as fast as possible hoping thus to draw the evil upon the heads of the latter in place of on his own.

May 22-

Grus - 1930 L.40 in Sp. of W 17½ in
Grus - 1931 L. 36 Sp. of W 10
Grus - 1932 L. 35 Sp. of W. 67
iris orange yellow

May 24th

Raining yesterday and today with the temp from 35° to 42° and the ice looks pretty wet tonight. This appears better than on the 21st when whe had a snowfall of about two to three inches.
A few [[strikethrough]] blas [[strikethrough]] [[Brauta?? Mignicans??]] were seen on the 28th & 19th & 20th and yesterday today the regular flight was set in - Eider ducks have been about for 5 or 6 days and Loons & various ducks and [[snipe?]] are now arriving in numbers.
A set of eggs of Harelda were taken on the 20th and fully developed. Eggs have been taken from geese Mergus senator here in flocks for 8 days - [[stenia artica??]] common today.
May 25th
A stiff gale from the S. with snow and rain today.
The ice was broken from shore and [[ingled??]] slowly ont