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Saturday, Feb 23d 1861

Ebierbing, Ugarny & others who intended starting this Morn for Budington Bay still remain.  They could not go on account of the blow & impropitious weather wh. prevailed this AM.

After dinner, nearly all hands went out on the ice & took a game at Base Ball.  Of course, I participated in this anti-scorbutic exercise.  This game has now been played by the Men of the "George Henry" for several days.  It not only invigorates by the physical exercise but by the mental interest taken in it.  Some three hours were well spent in playing the game to-day.

The excitement of the evening - An arrival (7 PM) from Frobisher Bay of [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] sledge & dogs bringing 2 women Innuits & Jack - Kokerjabin one of the party - Good supply of Walrus beef brought by them - living high there now - plenty Walrus & Seal there [[strikethrough]] now [[/strikethrough]] !  My lunch to-night on raw Walrus beef & liver [[strikethrough]] & liver [[/strikethrough]] the latter tasting like clams on which the Walrus live extensively.  Walrus excellent - Beef-like in appearance - tender & capital eating!

Ebierbing again shares my bed with me to-night 
Ugarny I have put abed on the Locker.
Que-jesse & his nuliana have taken up their quarters on board the ship.  They [[strikethrough]] lend a [[/strikethrough]] do what they can in assisting the steward in the performance of his laborious work.
"Blind George" still makes the vessel his home.

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[[symbol: cross]] Feb. 24, 1861

This the 1st Sabbath since the 6th of Jan. of my spending on board the "George Henry".  Little corresponding to the day was the excitement that prevailed at an early hour this Morning.  This excitement was caused by [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] preparations making by several parties of the Innuits to take their departure - some to Budington Bay - & others to Frobisher Bay.  According to the purpose of Ebierbing, Koodloo (who accompanied my party to Budington Bay starting the 10th of Jan) goes up with his (K's) family & goods taking them on the Kum-mi-ti which came down with me & Kood-loo in an active persevering Sealer & Rein-deer hunter & will make an excellent addition to the [[underlined]] 'producers' [[/underlined]] of the little village I so recently left.  His family consists of wife, child (Isaiah) & nephew [[strikethrough]] & mother. [[/strikethrough]]

Sharkey ([[space]]) another good worker started off with another sledge on wh he had his wife & infant proposing also to go to same place.  Both sledges started off at IX O'clock, the train taking the same route we did in going up & returning.

Before starting, I had prepared my carpet sack 

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