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August 4

Steamed to the S. along the pack till about 7am, just before which the fore lower crossyard of a vessel was picked up in the water. its whole surface was ground & splintered & its ends chewed up by the ice The dimensions & ironworks were kept to try & identify the vessel to which it belonged. A small slender piece of Oregon pine was picked up later Quite a number of fragments of drift wood were passed during the morning and a number of Snipe were seen

For a time in the am it was clear & pleasant but between 8 & 9am a fog shut down & the [[strikethrough]] ice Weather [[/strikethrough]] edge of the ice pack.

Under some copper sheathing upon the yard picked up this am. was found a layer of black paint. I believe the yards of the "Jeannette" were painted black. Capt. Hooper says no whaler up here has black yards. 
A number of Red Phalaropes & some Murres seen in the forenoon. In the afternoon we were forced along in a Southeasterly course by the ice on shore.

Mr. Reynolds loaned me his notebook of his trip along the Asiatic Coast June 2d 81 to 29th June. I extract the following notes upon the natives we saw &c.

[[strikethrough]] Men practice tonsure [[/strikethrough]]. This trip took in the Coastline from 20 miles W. of Cape Serdge (Tapkan to

Is Men practice tonsure with the rest of hair straight down all around. Women wear two long plaits with hair "banged" over forehead. The ♀'s garment is made pants & waist in one