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bye. Temoshka arrives from Woolly satux with my partridges, but is exorbitant in his demands + I let him wait for his pay. Boil two kettles for the dogs. Honilno arrives toward night from Koyoukuk. Yagor has taken Lutsa's hosaker for himself + the poor fellow has [[?soredress]] Such are the Russians at least in this district. 
[line] Tuesday. Dec 31 [/line]
Morning Kurill works over fish trap. Russians get plenty of losh. Skin an owl. Give Tarentoff some thread to make snares. Write to father. Feed the dogs. Yagor takes Honilno again.
[line] Wednesday Jan 1. 1868 [/line]
- 30°. Make a pie. Kurill goes out shooting but gets nothing. Very cold. Have Yagor + Ivan + Tarentof in to dinner of losh soup, stewed deer meat (the last of it, saved for the occasion) + cranberry pie with side dishes of