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[[Underlined]] Davis Straits Fishing[[Underlined]] Ms Pearson, Coleman & Co. of Hull (Eng.) read the following letter: [[Lenwich?]] Eng. Aug 5th/59 I beg to advise you of the arrival of Aeolus Capt Hibbs from Davis Straits [[The following names, number of fish and the weights are in three columns]] Reports this 5 fish 110 tons [[Advier?]] 9 " 60 " Alexander 4 " 50 " True Love 7 " 100 " Pacific 6" 70 " Lord [[Gambise?]]2 " 24" [[Absam?]] clean St Andrew " London Times Sept 3/59 some caught seal & Walrusses ---------------------------------------------- [[?]] Kane Vol II [[circled]] 78 [[/circled]] I firmly believe that no natural cold as yet known can arrest Travel - Traveled 80 miles in 60 hours almost without halt - without frost bite tho 46 to 56 [[end page]] [[start page]] our sick are sinking for want of fresh food. [[underlined]] It is the only specific. [[/underlined]] --------------------------------------------- Our ^[[own]] sickness I attribute to our civilized diet; had we plenty of frozen Walrus I would laugh at scurvy It was only because I was looking to other objects - summer researches & explorations in the fall with the single view to escape - that I failed to secure an abundance of fresh food Vol I Kanes 2d voyage [[circled]] 437 [[/circled]] Every hour convinces me that [[underlined]] screw steamers alone [[/underlined]], not sailing vessels, [[underlined]] should be employed on this service [[/underlined]] [[Belchris?]] "[[underlined]] Last [[/underlined]] of the Arctic Searches" Vol II [[circled]] 7 [[/circled]]