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the bidarra will be terribly crowded as it is. Very strong gale in the afternoon day cloudy + cold.
Thursday Ap. 16
25 fish in the trap. Snow which soon melts a good deal of water on the ice near the bank. Skin a grouse + 3 owls. Must get flour soon from Ivan to make sukarcee for the spring trip-Lotsa 26 days
Friday Ap. 17
Get a good bath. Tom + a deaf Indian arrive from Koyoukuk bringing me some birdskins + 2 sables which I return to him as the Russians naturally objected to my buying sables here, although I have as much right to do so, as they have-Cloudy cold + windy all day
Saturday Ap 18
20 fish in the trap! Skin two small owls. Kurill cuts wood + brings wood for a mast and oars for the bidarra. Cold weather again everything frozen up. It is probably the last cold snap