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I have made reference  to the walk  & [[underline]] talk [[/underline]] with Ebierbing.  I was interesting to hear this Innuit speak of the great price Seko-Sealer Innuits are willing to give for such articles as ore of iron.  They would give a Seal or Tuk-too jacket for a small piece of Iron for a Spear head harpoon point or [[strikethrough]] [[the?]] [[/strikethrough]] a Deer Skin for a needle Said E.  They cannot get these articles only once in a great while - when some Innuit goes from here there.  Seko-Selar Innuits continued he have to use bone needles.
The brother of "Jack" [[strikethrough]] who arrived [[/strikethrough]] a few years ago took a gun (wh. Capt Budington let him have at Oo-Kood-lean) with him to Se-Ko-Selar- He had but few balls - When out made balls of stone.
Not many years ago the Innuits here were in same condition as Se-Ko-Se-lar natives.  No ships visited these waters.  Then bows & arrows were used - now guns.  Ebierbing says he once met a Se-Ko-Se-lar Innuit when out hunting.  He could not understand for a long time what he said so different did he speak.  Even the dogs which made up ^[[insertion]] most of [[/insertion]] our team [[strikethrough]] consist of [[/strikethrough]] were difficult to[[strikethrough]] mang [[/stikethrough]] manage because they could not understand the language we used in driving dogs here.  As we neared the land [[strikethrough]] fro [[/strikethrough]] on the opposite side Rescue Bay the Sun was tipping the mountains in red Two O'Clock & 27 minutes AM of this 28th.  I noticed also that clouds were hugging [[strikethrough]] said [[/strikethrough]] some of the high land.  This indicated to me a storm coming.  At 3-45 AM we passed on to the land, leaving Rescue Bay behind us.  This made 5 hours 13 ^[[ m ]] since leaving vessel.  1/4 mile from Tide water I was on a small eminence overlooking the Bay.  To this time the wind had been moderate.  Now it began to blow [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] strong from the S.W.
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huge rock on  rather a pile of them - I took Compass bearings
[[image: sketch of flag flying over mountain]] Budington Mt 211 [[degree symbol]]
[[circled]] C [[/circled]] Grinnell Mt 256
Cyrus W Field Mt 320
Extreme "SE trend of Land" Hall Island 172 [[degree symbol]]
From Thence the eminence on wh. these sights were made I passed on.  The rest of the Co. with dogs & Kum-mi-tu had [[strikethrough]] pre [[/strikethrough]] preceeded me.  They were at the top of the high land - the ridge dividing Frobisher Bay from Rescue bay ere I could come up with them.
    The course I took from Rescue Bay to said ridge was = 77 [[degrees symbol]]
Distance [[tally marks showing 10]] less 1

[[image: sketch of a flag flying over a mountain]] Mt Grinnell bore = 257
(Mt. Robinson)
(S.W. Side of Rescue Bay) = 224
Peak left hand us
Enter "Countess of Warwick Sound" = 103 [[degrees symbol]]
{Highest Point Mt. Head'um}
{opposite side of head of said Bay}
{as we enter it} = 83
   Centre of "Bayard Taylor Pass" 90 [[degrees symbol]]
   This pass walled each side by Bald Mountains, [[strikethrough]] that look down [[/strikethrough]] make the traveller exclaim: Great God, Thy Works are Mighty!
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Course 90 [[degrees symbol]]
Distance 1111 83 to head of tide water Frobisher Bay.  Here ends land route.     
{Time of arrival here     
{By Chro. X-25-4-38=    
/28th O'Clk R Horbard. 5-47AM

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The page numbers for (8) and (9) are repeated twice on the top lines. The "I" in the middle of the 2nd line should be "It", but I left as written.