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Thursday, August, 30th 1860

To-day I have been off on an Esquimaux Boat Excursion!  The main object to convey Ood-luk-too & family consisting of his nulianna, Ke-i-chok, their pik-a-nin-ni, Kok-u-jon; & Son & also the widow of old Al-lo-kee across the Bay thus to assist them, on their way Home wh is at the head of a deep inlet opening into Frobisher Strait.  After breakfast, Ku-jes-se informed me that if I would like to take a trip with him & party, as above, I now had the opportunity.

At IX o'clock, Ku-jes-se's Boat was along side.  Fifteen Esquimaux - males & females - were in it.  As each of the men were taking their guns for the purpose of Sealing, Ducking & Rein-deer hunting, I took along my Rifle. 
We had first to go to the Esquimaux Village.  On our way met a Boat loaded with some 24 natives on their way to the "George Henry."  For about a minute, the boats stopped, side by side.  A good deal of Esquimaux tongue was called into requisition during this short time!  Our delay at the village was about 15 minutes.  All aboard, we started under Sail.  The company now consisted of myself (1), Kujesse (2)& his wife Tu-nuk-de lein (3), Allokee's widow (4), Ood-luk-too (5) & wife Ku-i-chok (6); the infant Kuk-u-jon (7); a son of Ood-luk-too (8), [[blank space]] (9); [[blank space]] (10); [[blank space]] (11) [[blank space]].

When about 2/3 of the way, Ku-jes-se headed the Boat [[striketrough]] up [[/strikethrough]] into a little Bay. Here most of us landed which was [[insertion]] on [[/insertion]] a large island N.W. from the George Henry. Ascending a little way, I saw we were in the midst of an old Esquimaux settlement which, by the way, is only inhabited [[strikethrough]] only [[/strikethrough]] now & then during a winter. 
I should think, no less, than 50 tents had been erected within a spot of 500 feet of where I stood.  The Esquimaux do not make their winter habitations now as in the years when [[strikethrough]] most of [[/strikethrough]] the tents I allude to, were [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] built, the remains of wh. were before me.  During the last few years Esquimaux live almost entirely in Ig-loos, "Snow Houses" - during the winter Season.  Formerly they built up an Earth [[strikethrough]] wall [[/strikethrough]] embankment or a wall of stone - about 5 feet high & over this bird skeleton Bones of the Whale on spars of drift wood & [[strikethrough]] [[top?]] [[strikethrough]] then ^[[over these again,]] placed skins of the Seal or