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in the afternoon- A cluster of houses on a low knoll [[strikethrough]] to the right of [[/strikethrough]] close under the rounded mountain which forms the headland to its left-forms what is called the hill village and only a few feet lower and stretched in a straggling line for 200 to 300 yds along the low sandy spit extending onto the northward are the spitpeoples [[?]] houses there is a marked lack of houses between the two series of houses and it is said that feuds are common between people of the two places though the nearest houses are only 50 to 75 yds on the adjoining border of the places and the people are the same. [[page break]] owing to the long stretch of shallow water making off here the corwin [[?]] had to lay two [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] about 2 miles from shore- A single umiak with a dozen men came off and as the men came off and as they came near they halted and called out "nu ku nuk nu ku nuk" [[??]] several times to make us understand their intentions were good. They were beconed alongside and then pulled up hesitatingly and suddenly two of the men recognized me and began to vociferate to attract my attention hoping thereby to make friends and then they came onboard- This cautious manner of acting is caused by the stern lesson taught them a few seasons ago by the whaler on which they started a fuss and were rewarded with a well merited punishment by which they lost a lot of men

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A foreign language is used on page 2, with accent marks above the vowels.