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1861 + [[Sunday]] Feb. 10th

Means to live herself was not right!  Somehow advantage is taken by the Innuits who have a greater supply than E. & T. to get from these free generous hearted creatures all they can.  Had it not been for me not a piece of Ook-sook would now have remained in our Igloo with which to warm & enlighten it.  No possibility to dry & cook anything without it.  As it is, nearly all has been given away.  Only a sickly fire-light can be kept up to the great sacrifice of anything like comfort.

The case is getting a desperate one!  This follows close upon the heels of the one just past!  Innuits will be Innuits despite all lessons in economy & safety.

This P.M. I re-set my watch by the Sun as follows:

(A) Sun's Altitude by Sextant  6°-30'
(B) Time per watch  h3-m1 PM
(C) Lat N  63°-8' x [[note]] x This Lat. from the rough work up Feb 2d/61 [[/note]]

Sun's Semi diam | 16'-00"
Parallax | - 9"
- | 16'- 9"
Sub. Refraction | 7 -52
- | 8'-17"
" [[ditto for: Sub.]] Dip | 2-00
- | +6' 17"

(A) | [[symbol: Sun]] Alt by Sex. | 6°-30'
- | [[symbol: Sun]]'s cor. Alt. = | 6°-36'
(C) | Lat. N. | 63°-08' | Secant | 0.34494
- | Polar Dist | 104-13' | Cosecant | 0.01462
- | - | 2)173-57
- | Half sum | 86-58 | Cosine | 8.72359
- | [[symbol: Sun]]'s Alt | 6-36 |
- | - | 80-22 | Sine | 9.99383
- | - | - | - | 2)19.07698
- | PM = | h2-m41-s43 = | Sine = | 9.53849
- | Equation Time | + 14-51 | - | -
- | True Time Observation | 2-56-34 P.M. 
(B) | Time Watch = | 3-1-00
- | Watch too fast | 4-26 = (Four minutes 26 Seconds)

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1861 + [[Sunday]] Feb. 10th

The Sun's Altitude 6°-30' was too low for true determination.  
Nothing less than 10° Alt. is reliable for observations of this & like nature owing to the great & unequal refraction when near the horizon.

The Evening is fine.  At 10 the Aurora in the South & S.E. some 6° above the horizon are in their glory!

Many are our wishes that Ebierbing will return during the night, or by Morn, with a seal at his heels!  Our expressions to this effect are frequent & full of deep earnestness.  Should it be so, there are 15 Innuit stomachs & one White man's that would soon devour it all!  Poor Seal will share a varied fate, certain & irretrievable!

To-day for dinner the last of the Luxury "Baked beans!  However, I saved out 1/3d for Ebierbing on his return from sealing.  Tuk-oo-li-too thought & pronounced them very good.  She did not know what to compare them to.

33d Night in an Igloo.
Monday, Feb 11th 1861

At VII Oclock This Morning, before we were up, Ebierbing burst open the snow block door & entered with the hoped for Seal at his heels!  I was awakened at his first stroke - raised myself up in bed just in time to see the great Sealer's entry his with subject through the triumphal arch leading direct into our Igloo!  Punnia & Tuk-oo-li-too raised up simultaneous with me.  The agreeable - the thankful surprise was almost too good to be true.  Yet there under my very head, lay the defunct & still warm blooded Seal!  Already [[underlined]] hot [[/underlined]] for a Feast!

Fortunately Tuk-oo-li-too had told me to call to her at VI that she might