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1861 Monday Feb 25 sometime during last night. Que-jes-se, the Innuit friend of mine, whom I expect with his nuliana will be a member of my Expedition, brought in a Partridge - the others brought in frozen fingers, faces & toes! Some of [[strikethrough]] said [[/strikethrough]] those composing the parties maintain that they travelled out on the mountains & back 20 miles & yet saw nothing but [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] Fox [[strikethrough]] & [[/strikethrough]] tracks! A curious fact: though the Ther. [[strikethrough]] has been [[/strikethrough]] was 12[[degree symbol]] above zero - & has been above 0 all day - yet some how (unaccountable [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]] to me) the cold has seemed to take, hold of the human system more severely than at other times when 30[[degree symbol]] below 0! And yet there has been no wind - nothing by which I can satisfy [[strikethrough]] myself [[/strikethrough]] myself of the strange phenemenon (I must so call it) of to-day! I have spent most of this day "setting to rights" my room. "Jennie" washed the walls of the Captain's Birth, while, Tu-nuk-de-lien (Que-jes-se's nuliana) thoroughly renovated - scoured out mine wh. is on opposite side of the Aft Cabin. My library is now upon a shelf overhanging my bed. If we should ever pass through such "tumblings" as the gales hereto before have given us, I may sometime get a shower of literary matter down on my head. O, that some of it would strike inwardly! [[end page]] [[start page]] Tuesday, Feb 26th 1861 This Morning the perservering Sealer Miner ([[space]]) brought in a Seal, the first that has been captured for weeks in this vicinity. This Sealer went out at 4 o'clock P.M. of [[symbol: cross]] (Sunday) remained over the Seal-hole wh is within sight of the vessel, the remainder of that day - through the night - all day yesterday through last night & made fast to "Pussy" this Morning! There is much rejoicing by the few Innuits left here at this. The Aurora is at play in the North to-night. The heavens South - West - & East are thickly clouded but at the N it is clear excepting the gilding by the "Northern Lights". Preparations are making on board the "George Henry" for Spring Whaling over in Frobisher Bay. Four Whale Boats are to be transported by means of dogs & sledges over the ice [[strikethrough]] across [[/strikethrough]] of "Rescue Bay" to the Bay N. of "Bear Sound" - the Bay we penetrated last fall with the Rescue thence across a narrow rocks of land to F's Bay. Oil Casks etc. etc are to be taking over there in like manner. The N.W. winds wh. so generally prevail here, make Commander Budington a happy man. [[strikethrough]] These [[/strikethrough]] These winds have the tendency to keep the pack now setting down Davis Strait, from entering up into Frobisher Bay. What does the Captain good does me a good too for I am to make passage of Frobisher Bay when I proceede on my voyage next Summer.
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