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killed swam about at a distance raising its head out of water to try and find its parent again- The natives Came towing back the last catch and singing a dancing song to express their satisfaction for they had launched their umiak and given chase at the first shot.
We returned on board and about 1 PM - started out and stood up for the north along the coast against the high wind which however constantly decreased -
The coast grew higher and higher until at Cape Lisburne it formed a high rugged headland about 1400 feet high. To the right of the point a mile are some contorted strata bent almost into a circle and very dark- The precipitous face of the whole Coast along here show series of dark brown or yellowish strata inclined from N. to S. at an angle of about 75° to horizon One bluff abutting on the sea to the south of the cape 3 or 4 miles has a great number of jagged spurs projecting above and through the loose inclined bed of friable material covering the slope giving the impression of the roof of a many spired church jutting through a bed of earth -
Just to the north of the cape close to the point is another precipitous slope showing a jagged serrated slope with the roughest & most striking spun of rock projecting everywhere on its side & flank This rut descends in a sweeping slope to the northward forming the bed of an ancient glacier. A small group of 2 or 3 natives houses (winter) were seen hugging the side of the rut. Upon the upper part of the hill on the [[strikethrough]] ver [[/strikethrough]] point were numerous large snow banks and a peculiar grayish tinge

Transcription Notes:
Edited. Use [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]]. Note double brackets on each side, not single. Rut - a furrow, a channel,