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Saturday, June 22d 1861 AM. 34[[degree symbol]] Wind Light! thick fog M. 46 " [[ditto for: Wind]] N.E. Fresh - Cloudy PM 35 " [[ditto for: Wind]] N.E. " " [[dittos for: Fresh Cloudy]] Well, here I am on the N. shore of the waters of Tu-nuk-jok-ping-goo-see-ong otherwise, Bay of Frobisher, [[underlined]] my Tupik facing it. [[/underlined]] My last act, or nearly so, on bidding another adieu to the "George Henry" & my Innuit friends of [[?Kneu-gum-mi-uke]], was to compare Chronometers Rescue's X (D/21st) hXI-m04-s16 32 Beats G. Henry's X-51-00 R's fast on G.H. 13m-16s [[note]] X 2 21st inserted this day Aug. 20/63 Hall [[/note]] Supper over, I was in readiness for a start. I had my traps [[underlined]]"bagged" [[/underlined]] - at least the portions that were not instrumental. My clothing & feet gear had been put in complete repair by Tuk-oo-li-too who worked with "a [[underlined]] will" [[/underlined]] to the very last moment. At hX-m24 Chro. (or - less h4m40) = h6-m44 PM Rescue Harbor time, I started in company with my Innuit friend,
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