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to the House of Williams & Haven ^[[(& to them alone)]] of New London CT.  So of all information I may gain relative to Whaling.  This in accordance to the understanding with them when I sailed from the States.
Ebirbing, winga of Tuk-o-li-too, remembers when a small boy of being at Ki-uk-tuk-ju-a - of seeing ships (2) pass up the Hudson Straits - of his father visiting the ships in his Ki-a & of his getting some [[underlined]] bread [[/underlined]] called by Innuits (Se-vĂ¢) that his father could not eat it but gave it to him (E) & that he (E.) ate it & liked it much - the 1st that he ever saw - has continued to like it ever since - wishes he had a cask of it now.  These Seko-Selers ^[[on board]] are not found of the living of [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] civilization, especially Oo-gov-al-lo & his noo-loo-ana, Pit-lik-je, for they have never [[strikethrough]] [[have]] [[/strikethrough]] partaken of it before.  Having been supplied with a mug of coffee & a Sea biscuit which they tasted - spit it out - tried again & again - finally Ook-gov-allo made out to [[underlined]] "worry" [[/underlined]] his down while Pit-lik-je gave it up declaring in Innuit (Such [[underlined]] stuff [[/underlined]] was not fit to eat!)  Though repeatedly urged to [[strikethrough]] she [[/strikethrough]] participate in the regular meals served to the Innuits about him, Pit-lik-gee positively declined tasting any more such barbarous food!
    These Innuits (our guests) of Seko-Selan have a peculiar way of speaking - They speak slow & with a peculiar drawing tone. Their

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words are "long drawn out".  Fun is made by the Innuits here of this peculiarity.  At 5 o'clock P.M. the guests departed for the land where Koo-choo-ar-chin is, a short distance from [[Evictoon?]]  Before they departed I made various presents to each - Percussion caps, Tobacco & Beads & Needles.  As the wife of Buyard Taylor (Se-Ko) had sent me seal skins for ^[[a]] summer jacket I sent her a present of [[Supungan?]] (Beads) & needles.  I made a trade with Se Ko for another & one also with Ook-goo-al-lo for 2 more Thus I have seal skins [[insertion]] ([[?]] on) [[/insertion]] enough for all my summer out-fit in way of dress! 
Beads & Needles were given to the wives of the Se Ko Selers.  They were greatly pleased.  To the larger boy of Ook-goo-al-lo, I gave a jack knife that cost 50 cts per Doz. in the States.  The whole family were in ecstasy - & overwhelmed me with thanks & kindly pats on the shoulder.  
Anything in way of metal is beyond all price to a Se Ko - Selan Innuit.  Since coming to this country have seen no better dressed - better appearing larger or more robust Innuits than these Seko - Seler [[strikethrough]] Innuits [[/strikethrough]] people.  During their stay have become much attached to them.  Ook-goo-al-lo was almost constantly persuading to sell me his jackets - anything he had on (& all his dress was new & well made) I could have obtained of him a Capital Took-too jacket or Seal Skin jacket for a few trinkets of no value to myself or to him. But I would not take advantage of the noble, honest Innuit free disposition!  I have often read of accounts where men from civilized countries have come to the North & purchased of the Innuit [[insertion]] their [[/insertion]] dress that they actually had on - dress that the Innuits really needed to protectect them from the very storms that were at the time beating upon them for