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While on Whale Island where the Tupiks are seeing the seals so numerous I thought to hasten to the vessel (1/4 mile off) get my rifle & [[strikethrough]] goe [[/striekthrough]] go out & try my hand at seal shooting! Calling in Tupik of Ebierbing on my way down from top of the Island, Tuk-oo-li-too said I had better delay my attempts to shoot seal till AM of to-morrow as I would find it very difficult to approach within shooting distance in the PM. for the seals were wide awake & very shy. She went on to say that Innuits generally succeede far better in the fore part of the day in killing seals as then, ^[[the seals]] on coming out onto the ice [[strikethrough]] they [[/strikethrough]] are sleepy - & of course resign themselves to their usual "Cat-naps".
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While in the afternoon they are lively & watchful sleeping but very little.
This account agreed very well with what I had just before - that is, that of the large number out on the ice, seen through my Marine Glass they were continually looking around & playing.
To-day Capt. B. done [[underlined]] wonders [[/underlined]] with my rifle! Capt. B. is a [[underlined]] perfect [[/underlined]] shot with a good "shooting-iron". He caused a small iron bolt to be suspended by ^[[a white]] silk thread about the size of a single hair of an Innuit head at the extreme of the Main Yard arm when he took his position behind the galley levelled my favorite rifle & drew trigger. The 1st shot (Ball) cut 1/2 said ^[[silk]] hair off. The 2d shot (Ball) finished it - down came bolt with the severed microscopic mark. It is a fact that the mark (silk thread) could not be seen except by the [[strikethrough]] Egle [[/strikethrough]] Eagle Eyes of Capt. B. so very small was it.  Yesterday he shot