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[[boxed]] 1860 Wedns. Oct. 10th [[/boxed]] no communication of course with the shore since eve of 8th. No boat could stand the sea & blow [[right margin red vertical line]] now prevailing. Kujesse is on the locker at my right roaming the fields of Nod in the midst of the folds of my sleeping bags. other Esquimaux are around me - some on the floor of the main cabin - others on Sea-chests - all wrapt in profound - "Snoring" An Esquimaux can sleep, & [[underlined]] snore [[/underlined]] too, anywhere! All hands have retired, save the solitary watch & myself. But the gales natives & [[underlined]] tires [[/underlined]] not. Its presence is known by the corn varying music as it sweeps among the strained masts & rigging of the G.H. - as it plays the rolling deep. The thunderings of the ^[[long]] huge, strained anchor - chains, as they are dragged to the right & left over the rocky peaks of the sub-marine mountains, are the Bass to the tune the elements are not playing! I retire, believing that God rules the Storm - that He it is Who showeth His Power & Majesty in all His Works! To His care & protection I commit my humble self. [[right margin red vertical line]] Thursday Oct. 11th 1860 Last evening At 6 o'clock the Barometer stood 29.162 at 7 oclk = 29.112. From this ^[[& the previous hour's change]] made entry in my "Storm - Book" thus: '7 o'clock eve 10th Oct. 'I fear a harder blow than any we have had yet. Bar. has fallen since [[strikethrough]] ^[[5]] o'clock 1/10 of an inch!' [[right margin red vertical line]] At one o'clock 40 min, this morning, I visited the deck. It was blowing almost a hurricane, accompanied by snow. The Watch hands of that ^[[night]] say that ^[[for]] [[strikethrough]] from [[/strikethrough]] about 20 minutes ([[strikethrough]] about [[/strikethrough]] (near 12 midnight) the "blow" was ^[[even]] [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] severer [[/underlined]] than at any time of the storm of 26th - 7th & 8th of Sept. Showing that the movements of the Bar. of last night between 5 & 7 o'clock truthfully conveyed in advance what was coming. [[right margin red vertical line]] This Morn at VI & VII still blowing strong. The Bar. reached its lowest at 2 o'clock this morn. A little after 3 it began to rise. At 7 1/2 it began to moderate. At 9 I noticed, Easterly, a single spot where the clouds allowed a sharp eye to pierce through [[strikethrough]] t [[/strikethrough]]. How cheering was ^[[even]] that [[underlined]] momentary [[/underlined]] sight of the heavenly blue! By 10 all much moderated. 4 o'clock this PM almost calm. At 5 a perfect calm & drawing in one of the anchors. At VIII calm & starlight. At X o'clock Then 26[[degree symbol]] Bar 29.400 Aurora Borealis S.W. & S. to E. Streamers 45[[degree symbol]] high Brightest South! An open lamp burns perpendicular (on deck) so calm it is! The Esquimaux village is enlightened! [[right margin red vertical line]] A novel sight after breakfast. "Nuk-er-ton" chewing the dry hard "Kummin[[?]]" (native boots) of the officers. Whenever these ^[[boots]] become wet & ^[[ [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] *then are]] dried, they are ^[[very]] [[underlined]] hard, [[/underlined]] & inflexible. But after the soles are [[underlined]] thoroughly milled, [[/underlined]] that is, [[underlined]] chewed [[/underlined]] by an Esquimaux Woman, they are soft & flexible! The natives who have been aboard since the commencement of the gale, departed this PM 2 1/2 o'clock. *Others arrived towards eve. We were glad to see [[right margin red vertical line]] them. It does one good to see faces that have been absent for a time! Malemoken - ([[?]]) seen about the Whale's carcasses to-day. [[right margin red vertical line]] The word "Nasty" means: Excellent, superior, good etc. by the Whalers here. One of the officers ^[[at the supper table to-night]] speaking of the mutton raised in England, seriously, used this expression: 'They do raise some nasty [[strikethrough]] nut [[/strikethrough]] mutton in England! [[underlined]] Quid rides? [[/underlined]] [[/right margin red vertical line]]
