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have obtained in fall at St. M - the males were mostly white with some black - I shot a female of the party in the same plumage as those shot in fall.

Several flocks of King eiders some Hareldas - a lot of Red Phalaropes - some Arctic Terns and some Arries, Least & crested and Parrot Billed Auks and a few Pacific eiders with one Loon (arcticus) makes full the list of birds and sa mall Arvicola the animals seen though strewn about the village were great numbers of Walrus heads & many skulls of dogs while I saw some fox tracks near the village first visited - The bodies of the people placed outside formed a continuous series from half a mile away up to the very entrances to the houses becoming more & more numerous near the village and the latter were apparently pitched out regardless of any of the usual care exercised in disposing of the dead in some cases however the body lay beside the sled used in drawing it out with the tools of the person at his side. Two years has destroyed the clothing of deceased thus leaving the bones covered with the sun dried skin.

At 11am, I had secured a hastily made collection and the sea rising was obliged to put off though there is still much of value left - perhaps twice as much as I secured 

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