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bone & ivory armor among the other things here.

I tried to get a kayak here but found that they have taken all their kayaks apart & stowed the skins for the summer.

The Phalen’s cristatella is moulting its orange colored bill ornaments giving quite a different expression to the birds head. A young albatross like the one seen at Plover Bay was seen just as we anchored today. The following sketch shows the parts in which the bill ornaments are shed of Phalen’s —

Obtained a partly albino specimen of the crested auk at the Diomedes today

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1 = 1st piece shed
2 = 2d piece shed
3 = 3d piece shed
4 = 4th piece shed
5 = piece shed with 1 & 2 or 3 at most

The sketch below is of a soapstone lamp seen at Point Barrow. This lamp was 2 ft. long - 10 inches broad and weighed about 30 lbs

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