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only. I had no idea it was so far around but time is worth little now + it will save a great deal to have all the heavy goods at Ulukuk before ice as the [purrenose?] is very hard on sleds + dogs; there are so many high banks.
[line] Sunday Oct 6 [/line]
Start early and push on round many turns + windings to Ulukuk where we arrive before 11 A.M. Old Stareek of [Coltog?] is dead  the women are wailing over him and the men are hewing out his coffin or box - grave-
Put all our goods except oil + piece of lovtak in an empty cache, lovtak outside + oil in an underground cache. Buy some meat, trout + a bearskin for a bed. 
They are very anxious for us to stay all night but as it is quite early I prefer to start from the river. Start