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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [line] Thursday Ap. 23 [line] Get a bag of flour from Ivan and make bread for sukaree for the road. Kurill makes an oar for the bidarra and finishes the mast. make a pulley for it. Day cold but clear + fine. [line] Friday Apr. 24 [line] Bath today. Bread turns out well make about 60 lbs. When cold we cut it into slices + dry it in the oven till it is perfectly hard. This is what the Russians call sukaree + it is a fair substitute for hard biscuit + bread while travelling. Get a beautiful snow bird, just like those plentiful at home in winter; and skin it. Buy a little meat + a small owl from an Indian just arrived from Koyoukuk. Cold north wind all day. [line] Saturday Apr. 25 [line] Do nothing of consequence but dry sukaree all day. Evening Peetka brings a hawk with an egg in the ovary + a lot of Indians with rabbits arrive.