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when off Cape Serdge. a steamer with three masts having on board two Eskimos from the American coast [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] one of whom had labret holes in lip. [[strikethrough]] and, also [[/strikethrough]] There were also on board plenty of dogs + sleds - this was two years ago and was undoubtedly the Jeannette on her way up. She was seen just as new ice was making in fall.
The natives came crowding on board until the deck was covered - all of them, bringing white-fox Skins whale bone and Walrus ivory to trade. They said no vessel has stopped there this season till now. They were a goodnatured set talking a mixture of Eskimo and Reindeer Chukchi I secured a few Ethnologica from them and also 16 fine white fox skins for a robe. These skins I paid a pound of tobacco (leaf) costing 22 cents each skin or six fixed of Army Caps for 5 skins.
About noon we passed on and in the evening we stopped off Markus Bay and left Joe with the understanding that the is to accompany us north if we spend the winter in the arctic.
We now turned toward St.L.Is which is our next halting place.

July 3
At 4 am the Capt. roused me saying that St.L.Is was close at hand. Dressing hurriedly and after a cup of coffee in the pilot house with the Capt. the vessel came to anchor off a small native village and I went on shore in the dingy to place with boxes + gunny sacks to obtain