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smooth flowing sound much different for the rather hard guttural sounds of the Eskimo.

We kept on up the coast toward Cape N- but found so much ice packed in shore here that we had to stand off for Wrangel Ld. without landing as we had hoped. From Cape Wankarem West to within 25 to 30 miles of this place the coast is rather low with shingle beach of granite Pebbles - the country back rising into rolling hills & in sight of C. Wankarem rise two hills 600 to 800 ft high with curiously truncated tops. Whenever we came near enough shore we could see the ground tinged with bright green from the grasses & brushes growing plentifully but at both places on which we landed flowers were much scarcer than we have found then on the American shore. Except near Icy Cape not a Butterfly was seen here and a few mosquitoes at the latter landing & bumble bees at Wankarem make up all the insects seen except a black spider like the one seen on the snow banks at Plover Bay. A number of parties of Walrus mostly females and young were seen coasting along the shore ice during the day and through the glasses we were amused to see the females raise in the water & come down with their flippers about the neck of the young one & suddenly plunge it under water without warning. When swimming