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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 
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[[?]] 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

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our sick are sinking for want of fresh food. [[underlined]] It is the only specific. [[/underlined]]
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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
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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]]