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[[boxed]] 1861 May 28 Tues [[/boxed]] [[circled]] 20 [[/circled]] & around thick ribbed rough ice. This gap to which I allude, tho' 5 miles from open water had been thoroughly closed when We passed [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] the ice joint as gleely as though over [[strikethrough]] m [[/strikethrough]] marbled floor! Soon after we came to the glare ice with which the small Bay on which we enter ^[[from]] [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] the land [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] is generally covered. Here the gale & snow played fantastic tricks with our company and with sledge & dogs. Had the wind come directly opposite our course all would have gone finely but nautically writing, it came [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] on our starboard [[grusten?]]. At the [[time?]] of making this glossy ice, I was footing it with Ebireling & Chianermchu ^[[ahead of the team]]. As the sledge came upon this ice it flew with the gale. It shot swiftly away, but we determined to catch a ride when it came up for it was as battling with an enemy without any foot hold to attempt to make progress [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] [[?]] oversea over this ice in this gale. Chianermchu & Ebirerling were fortunate in making their dives for Kum-mi-tic as it passed along but I - poor Soul - was not. Just as I [[strikethrough]] [[make?]] [[/strikethrough]] made my plunge a terrific gust caught me & [[strikethough]] whil [[/strikethrough]] whirled me along with it for near 1/4 of a mile! When my feet struck upon a firm snow wreath where I stuck fast till I gathered my senses into contemplation prospecting as to where I was. A glorious slide I had, however, Keeping the perpendicular all the while! The snow was [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] coming down on us thick & swiftly. Every object 10 yards distant was closed from view. Happily the almost perpendicular side of of a mountain that I had made myself [[strikethrough]] adquent [[/strikethrough]] adquainted with in [[tramping?]] to & from Frobisher Bay was within that distance, from it I struck my course up the Bay toward the point leading to the land route. A poor sick puppy fortunately (?)(for me) had detained [[strikethrough]] left [[/strikethrough]] the sledge party, long enough for me to make up with it [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1861 May 28 Tues [[/boxed]] [[right top corner encircled]] 21 [[/right top corner encircled]] [[boxed]] This a book that Capt B. presented me. The following his writing - it will remain as [[Memogied?]] H. Holstenbourg July 15 60 [[/boxed]] I embraced the opportunity of placing myself on the forward part of sledge for a ride the remaining distance over glare ice in a Gale! A Novel sight to see our company as seated on the sledge - Approaching our backs one would think us a living snow bank! We arrived head of bay where we [[took?]] land points Chro. VIII^[[h.]]-27^[[m]]-IV^[[h]]-38^[[m]] == Rescue Harbor Time 3^[[h]]-49^[[m]] all 28th (Made land passage in One hour 43 minutes) The gale continued its performence as when on Frobisher Bay [[gish?]]- Four dogs-one a puppy-had given out & were cast adrift--still they followed one. We had 10 remaining - a good team. After spending 1/2 an hour when we left the land for sea-ice we started for the vessel. I allowed the Innuits to take their own way which is by following sledge tracks if there are any. These were scorred & easily traced; but in making passage might the Islands which are very numerous at the head of Rescue Bay turning this way & that-winding here & there among hummocks turning sharply this & that way to avoid getting a dip in the sea water that [[strikethrough]] [[now cover?]] [[/strikethrough]] had covered the ice which the low tide had buried [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] warm, [[underlined]] the Innuits lost all tracks of former sledges. [[/underlined]] But they were not lost for each were positive & agreed as to
