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1860 Sunday Nov. 11th [[enboxed]]

[[strikethrough]] mak [[/strikethrough]] doing honor to that glorious Institution as well as its [[strikethrough]] don [[/strikethrough]] honoring him. I said to George: George [[strikethrough]] Pie [[/strikethrough]] pe-e-e uke! He replied in  my language 'George no good - Poor George blind- no good!  I again  repeated what I said, patting ^[[him]] on the cheek -- I itterated & re-itterated [[strikethrough]]lihe [[/strikethrough]] like [[strikethrough]] expect [[/strikethrough]] words.  George ^[[nay [[underline]] felt [[/underline]] ]] saw- I was in earnest; He grasped my hand & burst into tears! crying like a child![[strikethrough]] It[[/strikethrough]] ^[[This]] seemed to say to me; George has no one to console him in his dark days - no one to tell him  that God in his Wise dispensation sees fit thus to deal with him - no one to teach him of God - of God's Word - of Christ - of Sin - of Repentance - of Life - Life Eternal in the Heavens! I will do what my poor humble powers will allow me to open up to him the great Truths of the Eternal.
^[[Some one of]] The hands in the fore-Castle was guilty of an outrageous trick  on one of the Esquimaux this PM.  The trick was to fasten a new tin lamp under the Coat-tail of a lady (?) Esqe. & then report to the Capt. the subject of it is a  thief!  Capt. B. [[strikethrough]] frer [[/strikethrough]]  had  the Esq pointed out to him on whose person he found the lamp as described.  Of course Capt. B. severely reprimanded the woman having then no reason to suspect the matter otherwise than as he [[strikethrough]] hade [[/strikethrough]] found it. [[strikethrough]] Now the he I & [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Her]] husband & herself protested innocence. Evidence came out [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] satisfactory to some that the woman was not guilty.  How cruel the heart of the man who should [[strikethrough]]  evert [[/strikethrough]] continue such means to have an innocent person accused of crime & punished for it!  Capt. B. acted the part of a noble ^[[man-he made all due reparation.]]
The day has been cloudy - no Sun.

       Monday, Nov. 12 1860

Smith & crew - [[strikethrough]] Mgan & crew [[/strikethrough]] gone up to upper  Esquimaux Village to get Water.  Rest of Boats out Cruising for Whales.  Found the Capt. enjoying a laugh all to himself as he ushered from his couch this morning. 'A  Penny for your thoughts,' thought., & said I. Well ^[[its a]] small foolish matter, but,[[underline]] you shall have these'[[/underline]] said the Capt.:  "Dining Room Companion (Frank Leslies) came pop into my mind ^[[just now]] - & then Dining Room Companion - followed by Sleeping Companion -the question in my mind, ^[[was]] [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] ]] [[underline]] if I had my choice [[/underline]] which I would prefer?  Mgan & his two wives, Er-bien-ping (Sue) & two other Esquimaux went out sealing this Morning  having eaten nearly every article on hand for food.  They succeeded shooting two -- Soon  as along side the livers in great demand by the hands!   We had fried Seal's liver for Supper. I am sorry to make record that Seal's liver, tho very good eating, does not agree with me. On the last two occasions that  I [[strikethrough]] have [[/strikethrough]] participated in it (seal-liver) I [[strikethrough]] have been [[/strikethrough]] ^[[was]] made sick - [[underline]] very sick.[[/underline]]  But happily, after being ^[[retched &]] [[underline]] thoroughly [[/underline]] [[strikethrough]] vomited -- [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] purged [[/underline]] one
feels decidedly better.  I know not but excellent medicinal qualities are in Seal's liver.  I do not intend to 'give it up So."!  If I find it will not answer for food I can adopt it as a medicine to be taken now & then as circumstances require!  To-day I brought out the sketch-Chart drawn by Kujesse to show ^[[to]] [[strikethrough]] up [[/strikethrough]] Twee-Yoong.(Susy)  I had understood that she was born at Seko-Selan (King's Cape of Fox) & was anxious to push my enquiries relative to [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] ^[[her]] knowledge of that &  intervening portions of the country.  I found from her own life - & showing on the chart- that she was not born there, left up near the NW extremity of Frobisher Bay, on the Seko! (ice) in the winter. I found that Twee-yoong had been near [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] King's Cape- that her son Shou-Kong was