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net into the water by a long rod made the proper length by lashing together light poles, with a notch in outer end for holding fast the line of anchor stone.  The net in position the pole is withdrawn and the fisher waits for his game to get entangled & then the net is drawn on shore again. The old man told us that the natives had been here some days ago but had removed to the mouth of Hotham Inlet.  The only thing in the way of ethnologica was a small soapstone lamp I bought of their woman for a thimble. The old man claimed acquaintance saying he had been at St. M. living a year ago.
 
We soon returned on board & up anchor and stood around the Cape and made for the mouth of Hotham Inlet which we made late in eve. As we came in we found the schr [[schooner]] U.S. Fowler" (trader) lying at anchor off the village some 3 or 4 miles. [[strikethrough]] We had [[/strikethrough]] We left this vessel at Cape Espenberg on our way into the sound Her decks as we passed were seen to be perfectly jammed with natives whose umiaks hung on both sides & trailed out behind her. We went in much closer to the northerly sand & gravel spit guarding the mouth of the inlet here on the northern side. As we stood in the low spit was seen covered with a long line of conical lodges in a line over a mile long. Coming to anchor about 3 miles off we lay a short time when in spite of the high wind and sea some umiaks came 

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We soon returned on board & upanchor and stood around the cape and made for the mouth of the Hotham Inlet which schr - stands for Schooner. It was called the "Fowler", a small schooner used for trading. Here it was in Hotham Inlet. The name was found in a book written by John Muir.