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Tuesday Dec. 3rd 1867
Morning feel unwell, with a very bad headache.  Go into the house, make a fire, fix my curtain and drill at the foot of the bunk - and open and sort several boxes and bags.  Sew up the beds where torn & get out my tobacco and powder.  Still snowing and warm
Ivans wife had a baby girl last night.  She is a good breeder.

___Wednesday Dec 4th '67___
.Morning,  Give Rukovitska 2 fathoms drill.  Get out some medicine.  Get a new fish (Nelima) from the zapor.  About two oclock, Ivan the bidarshik, Paspilkof and Ingechuk arrive, with two sleds  
Stepanoff has sent me neither word nor goods of any kinds.  
Kurill, Dec 1st was near 1-tree camp - without grub, the dogs having got at the cache and polished off the ukali the night before.  His cache was further on and he could