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[[symbol: cross]] 1860 Dec 23 As I understood her, she (T.) had just had a self Wash - [[underlined]] Cap-a-pie. [[/underlined]] She tells me in summer she does this every Saturday night. In Winter when hard pressed for Ook-sook (oil for fuel) cannot do this oftener than once in 3 or 4 weeks. Tuk-oo-li-too always looks lady like - that is because she is good [[underlined]] cleanly - dressy [[/underlined]] (comely so) - and [[underlined]] handsome! [[/underlined]] Her toilet is always in order - as complete & fashionable as any good lady's need be! Her head of hair is in profusion, black & of great length. By the by, I learned to-day that Tuk-oo-li-to has taught Blind George (Pan-loo-yer) how to knit. Last year he was complaining how he was of no use since blind - that he could Seal no more, hunt tuk-too no more whale no more etc, etc. Tuk-oo-li-too suggested to him that [[underlined]] he could be of use, [[/underlined]] & she would cause it to be so, by learning him to knit stockings! He attentively applied his services to that end & became accomplished in the art in seven (7) weeks. This was not all that Tuk-oo-li-too taught him! She became his teacher at the same time in the Alphabet of our vernacular. How did she do this? She took a stick of wood about 12 inches long, one inch thick, & cut with a pocket knife with her own hand upon its face - Side, the Letters A, B, C, so on - They were cut intaglio - (sunk letters). By this rude but simple instrument "Blind George" learned his letters! What patience & persevereance it did [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] require to do this! Tuk-oo-li-too says: 'It was trouble [[underlined]] amasuet [[/underlined]] (a good deal) but never mind for that when [[strikethrough]] you [[/strikethrough]] one can do good to another.' Tuk-oo-li-too learned to knit in hours by the clock when in England [[end page]] [[start page]] [[symbol: cross]] 1860 Dec 23 She read a difficult lesson to-day. No effort does she spare to surmount all mountains in her way. Kok-er-zhun, the deceased Kud-lar-go's daughter is anxious to learn to read. I am teaching her almost daily now. She sat side by side with Tuk-oo-li-too practicing to-day. The took dinner to-gether on my writing table. A bright cherub of a boy named Ar-se-uny (Isaiah) came to my room to-day. He is 9 years old (3 feet 9 inches [[strikethrough]] tall [[/strikethrough]] in height) I have tried him in reading & writing & I must say for smartness - steel qualities - aptness to learn he cannot be beat in the States! More of him another day. The smartest & youngest Sailor boy of the G.H. shot a fat Seal to-day. Ku-jesse here to-night So Kim-mu-lu. I have put them to bed The day a mild - [[underlined]] happy [[/underlined]] day! This eve the stars & Moon at times shining brightly then becoming obscure by [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] hazy clouds. No Aurora perceptable All the Boats of the GH lowered down on to the ice to-day. Thermometer through the day AM +29[[degree symbol]] M +27[[degree symbol]] PM +22[[degree symbol]] Bar 30.150 30.200 30.212 X O'clock Night Ther. +18[[degree symbol]] 1/2 Bar 30.225 Wind N.E. Light {At VI this eve wind N.W. & Light. Through the day E. [[underlined]] Christmas Eve soon here! [[/underlined]]
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