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close about about to examine me as though I was a rare bird. My camera & trading boxes were landed and a crowd of volunteers at once caught them up & invited me & the interpreter to follow - which we did with a jolly chattering rubberclad in fur garments in all stages of wear and corresponding odor while the dirty browned faces with great lafrets at the corners of mouths of the men and the chin lines of the women all with eyes glistening with excitement and the mouths stretched to the utmost in broad grins while a mob of urchins tumbled one over the other trying to run ahead & look back to see the strange being.

As we drew near shore we saw extending in a line along the beach a row of umiaks all stem on to the sea & tilted up on one side with their bottoms to the wind & [[strikeout]][?][[/strikeout]] the upper sail upheld by [[strikeout]] the [[/strikeout]] sticks about 75 yds back of them were ranged a line of kyaks (all of the typical Kotzbue Sd. pattern) numbering about 200 (there were about 60 to 70 umiaks) These kyaks were placed upon [[/strikeout]] low trestles 3ft high made for the purpose and all ranged parallel to each other & pointing in a line with the umiaks - just below each kyak on a rest 3 or 4 inches from ground were placed the paddles and spears belonging with the kyak. 50 yards back of the kyaks ranged in a parallel series were the conical lodges behind which were the dogs of the owner fastened to stakes and just far enough apart to be out of reach of each other. The boats are all arranged in a regular parallel series formed the only native camp