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across and scattered openly about and at last the ice becoming more plentiful she was headed back down the coast again in the evening.

The clouds spewed at midnight and the sun was seen about the horizon by the officer on the watch.

I asked the meaning of several words at Point Hope the following of which are three. Shaman añ alh' kōk - Chief = ūmĭē lĭk nū wûk = the spit at Point Barrow the village at Pt. Barrow = Kāgmā līt. Upon the back of the hands on a pair of mittens worn by a young man were attached the spread feet one on each hand of a Mormon corniculata. The wearer said they were the feet of one of these birds which had alighted thus on his hands & left its feet to bring him good fortune in salmon fishing. The other natives pointed him out as being a shaman. 

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In the morning the weather appeared a little more favorable and the wind being from the E & NE the vessel was turned up the coast again and stood along close in shore until a little after 10 am when we were just off Icy Cape when the fog broke up & lifted and the sun came out brightly and anchoring close to the Cape. A party went ashore to get the position with magnetic variation & dip. I went along to see what would turn up in my line. We landed on the long low sandy stretch of beach which 1/4 mile wide or less separates the sea from the long narrow lagoon which

Transcription Notes:
Mormon Corniculatata is an old Latin name for the Horned puffin.