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[[note written vertically in left margin and top of page]] No Boats out to-day. Wind too strong. An immense ring or circle around the [[symbol for moon]] - 50[[symbol for degree]] across it. Capt B predicts snow. Very cloudy Could not tell whether Aurora was at Work or not. It is a fact, however, that it plays nearly every night of 9 months of the year. [[/note written vertically in left margin and top of page]]
Thursday Oct. 25th in 1860
The ^[[day]] opened fair- but wind blowing strong ^[[& cold]] from W.N.W.-& Thermom 11[[symbol for degrees]] Bar 29.525. Though 11[[symbol for degrees]] is cold weather in the middle ^[[& Western]] states of the Union, yet I must say, I experience as little discomforture ^[[here]] as when ^[[at]] 40[[symbol for degrees]] at Home! The truth is, the human system can be so innured as to experience the very coldest weather known on Earth without serious results such as frost bite frozen limbs - ^[[& freezing]] [[strikethrough]] freetzmany [[/strikethrough]] to death! By ^[[slow]] degrees, a man can get so that he can [[strikethrough]] system [[/strikethrough]] live where the air is 122-[[symbol for degrees]] or Even 140 [[symbol for degrees]] * above Zero!- The same ^[[may be said of man]] where the thermometer stands occasionally at 70[[symbol for degrees]] below 0. ^[[Action,]] Activity - Warm Clothing, generous food [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] of heat-making qualities, will put one where he can live as well in frigid regions as any where else. The food, if of the proper kind, will make all the heat a man actually requires to live, & [[underline]] live well! [[/underline]] The body is the stove. The arrangement for heating every department within is of the most exquisite order. God conceived & created it, & pronounced it [[double underline]] good. [[/double underline]] One peculiarity relative to this calorific generation is that fresh - [[underline]] green fuel is the best [[/underline]], at least for the Northern Zone ^[[Life]]: & I am not certain ^[[it is not true]] for others. My opinion is: Mankind educated properly, & practicing [[strikethrough]] acton occuting [[/strikethrough]] according to long established precepts & examples, would at length acknowledge that [[underline]] uncooked Meats are the best [[/underline]] - ^[[as]] containing all their ^[[original]] virtues & life-continuing principle which, otherwise, would be partially ^[[if not]] wholly destroyed. This sentiment is in opposition to the Customs of [[underline]] Civilized [[/underline]] Communities but, nevertheless, I am honest in my opinion. [[underline]] My opinion [[/underline]] is based ^[[upon]] observations - upon what I have practiced! Let [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] ^[[this]] go for what it is worth.
The presentation of Gun (double Barrel) & Powder to Kee-n-Char (Bob) ^[[a noble Esquimaux]] by Capt B for the reminiscence of his Kindness & generosity during the terrible Winter of 1856-7 at Scurvy Bay ^[[a small Bay]] in Oo-kood-lem Bay when Capt B. lost 13 ^[[of his]] men by scurvy. This Esquimaux the support of all who came to him helpless. Ready to do anything that is ^[[noble &]] ennobling. [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] To day been writing to my own dear ones at Home. If the day is favorable Capt. Budington & I expect to visit Capt. Parker to-morrow across Rescue Harbor as we expect he will sail on Saturday. The increase of dog-ships ^[[this born on Board GH!]]
This day has been fine indeed. The wind ^[[uniformly]] strong all day from the NW. Bar. all day 29.525 Ther, Morn 11[[degree symbol]], noon 15 1/2[[degree symbol]], night 15[[degree symbol]]. At VII OClock [[strikethrough]] wila [[/strikethrough]] wind died away. Ther. rose one degree. [[strikethrough]] ark [[/strikethrough]] At that (16[[degree symbol]]), the wind having ceased, the air felt very comfortable [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]].
The story of the dog told by Capt B. In the voyage to Eng. from Shore fishing 185 [[blank left to complete year]] a Bull Terrier ^[[of Capt B's]] seeing Porposes playing about the ship ^[[the gangway being open]] plunged headlong from the Truelove's deck into the Sea attempting to capture one. Alas for the fate of that faithful dog Tiger! His ever vigilant eye espied a game that ^[[was]] [[underline]] not dog-[[/underline]]game, but true to his nature, he flew to capture whatever game he saw & thus poor Tiger lost his life. The ship being under all sail & before a strong breeze, Capt Parker declared if his father even was the one overboard he could not save him!
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* In deserts of Africa, the heat of the sand often amounts to, from 122[[degree symbol] to 140[[degree symbol]] F.
