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[[left margin]] 1860 Sunday Aug 26 [[/left margin]] this larva until it has passed through it various [[strikethrough]] changes [[/strikethrough]] stages: [[underlined]] larva, pupa, & imigo. [[/underline]] On [[strikethrough]] other [[/strikethrough]] this little island are many circles of stones by which we know Esquimaux have had their summer tents ([[tupik ^[[x]] ar-lard-lu it) ^[[x In-pein gar-lard-lu-in Many tents there]] From an eminence point are seen the whole Bay - [[strikethrough]] the [[mouth?]] [[/strikethrough]] the land E of the same - Hall's Island, Lock Island, etc. There is an English whale boat in this same Island nearly in complete order. It seems it belonged to the vessel of Capt Sutter & received a blow in its bottom from a Whale's [[strikethrough]] [[flauk]] fluke. Some would think it strange that the Esquimaux here, who are well aware of its being abandoned, [[strikethrough]] ha [[/strikethrough]] do not secure it on account of the wood [[strikethrough]] u [[/strikethrough]] or timber of which it is composed! There is not such a demand for wood among these Northern people as one in the States would suppose. A very limited quantity only is used by them & that little is selected from the Drift timber which is cast upon their shores. One cannot walk far on the island I allude to, but that the bones of the Walrus, seal, Deer, Ducks etc. are seen in considerable quantities. Stenny on seeing a bone would instantly decide to what animal it belonged showing that he has been & is observant of what he sees & has seen. Whales were seen in Neu-gum-mi uke Bay to-day. Close calculations are made of the seasons when the [[Mysterties?]] will make its visit to their Latitude. Capt. B. says that the "Northern Lights" are accompanied or immediately succeeded by a change of wind. The instance [[strikethrough]] last night [[/strikethrough]] of yesterday was Wind all day N.E. - Last night N.W. S.W. of us - on the opposite side of the Bay, distance about 10 miles - are many natives encamped. They await fair weather to continue their journey to this harbour. [[insertion]] They came along Frobisher Strait & up into Bear Sound [[/insertion]] [[strikethrough]] The [[/strikethrough]] Our Boat's Crew that landed near them to-day, say they were overwhelmed with their cries: 'Pil-le-tay' Wonya Pilletay mik-ko-mik; - Give, Give me tobacco! Some 50 Esquimaux - from the greatest to the least - visited the vessel this