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1861 July 20 Sat.

While over on the Island waiting for [[?]] for N. Obs. to-day I proposed to Tuk-oo-li-too - that as my locks were becoming too long for [[underlined]] "good-looks" [[/underlined]] or convenience - also Whiskers & Mustache that I would have to get her to do what she done for me on the day we were gale-bound in an Igloo on the ice on going up to Oo-Kood-lear last Winter.  She done the scissoring as complete as any professional barber of Civilization!  To complete my improvements I asked for a tooth-brush which article I knew she had though used for different purpose than the name indicates.  I ran out to a place among the rocks where they build daily a fire to cook seal & got some charcoal.  With this in the presence of Tuk-oo-li-too & "Suzhy" I proceeded to clean my [[underlined]] blackened [[/underlined]] teeth.  Before I began, I displayed them.  They were much interested in the operation.  - Yennie (Kood loo's wife was sent for - she came & was delighted at my curious work.  How astonished the [[underlined]] natives" [[/underlined]] when I had rinsed the dentals & then displayed them!  They came out white as snow!  Charcoal became article of demand!