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[[boxed]] 1861 May 28 Tues. [[/boxed]]
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continue turn course to wit 90º R.H.T.
At X-39-36 - 4h-38m=    6h-01m-36 AM
"Kimigaite" in sight away in the distance looking 44º between ki-on-te-ling
& the low point of some other land.
Distance 111 50
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Same Course [[strikethrough]] 11 [[/strikethrough]]  90º
Distance 11
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Course 30º
Distance 1186 
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Course 16º
Distance 1111
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Course 48 to entrance of this Bay. 
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At XI-36 Chrs - 4- 38 = 6h - 58m R.H.T.
All hands on Kummities Course 40º
going at 2 1/2 miles per hour for  [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]] Tue A.M. RHT -4-38= -8h-58m
hours [[strikethrough]] & 36 minutes [[/strikethrough]] At 

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May 28th [[strikethrough]] April 22d [[/strikethrough]] 1861 [[vertical line]] Ex Sept 13/63 Hall
[[underlined]] Supplement to Log portion of Notes [[/underlined]]
I find I omitted to give time of starting, after stopping v 1h-36m (Cho) for Ebinling to seal.
I allow however 15 minutes stop & change Course ^[[to 35º]] ]] from thence to termination of sledge journey (near E-tin-nap-ing)
Speed to be called 2 1/2 Miles per hour.
    C.F. Hall
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[[boxed]] 1861 May 28 Tues [[/boxed]]
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As we passed to their point Ni-ou-te-ling ("Countess of Warwick's Island"(1/4 mile to our left.
As we arrived at this shore ice, met a party of Innuits with sledge & Team of dogs that were 
on their way yo the vessel havng just come from above the Island: (one day's journey above)
Ak-koo-wie-shut-too-ping where I made a stop with Sampson[[??]] in my late journey up the Bay
This party consisted of:
(Winga) Chi-men-an-chu ("John Bull")
(Nuliana) Kuk-ev-zhun ("Nancy")
New-wrn-Chee father of my pretty An-nu-tith-erating
Kol-ling-oo, nuv-le-a son of Uu-soo-kan-loo whose other wife i Auk-Chung-nung
The [[strikethrough]] two [[/strikethrough]] first 2 were being brough with their Tupik & adjuncts 
with the object of [[??]] [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] at the vessel or at og-birn-see-o-ping 
The latter (2) expectant to venture to where other Innuit Koo-cher-an-chor (Sampson) now are, near Que-ine-
The report they co-jointly made was: That I would find it utterly impossible to proceed to the head of 
Tu-nuk-jok-ping-goosse-ong (Frobisher Bay) by means of dogs & sledge, as the distnace they had come was
done [[strikethrough]] [[??]] [[/strikethrough]] under great labor & doubtful circumstances & as much
of the ice they had passed over the day preceding this had drifted away sea-ward.
Their only reason of leaving where they were was on account of the ice breaking up & fast leaving. This was no

 


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