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that Tuk-oo-li-too & her aunt "Suzhy" (^[[Koo-ou-le-arny]]) [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/striekthrough]] who is with her have not a thing to eat nor have they had for some 2 days except what Koodloo's wife gave them eve before last. Capt. ordered ^[[at once]] steward to send over two ducks & [[strikethrough]] p [[/strikethrough]] some of the Tuk-too meat to Tuk-[[strikethrough]] too [[/strikethrough]] oo-li-too - furthermore told young Smith to take the Boat & go over as near the island as ice would permit & [[strikethrough]] g[[?]] ^[[bring to supper]] Tuk-oo-li-too, Suzhy & Kood-loo's wife. Kood-loo was on board & so was Oo-Kood-lear.
One year this day & we left Holsteinsborg, Greenland. What a contrast in the ices of the North between that time & this! Last year at this time ice all gone save a few bergs here & there - this year ice every where we can see. It is true that Frobisher Bay was open early yet when S & S Westerly winds have prevailed "pack" in abundance has been swept in there - even filling ^[[it]] up so completely that no boat could 
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venture or be got out. [[strikethrough]] In proofs [[/strikethrough]] Here there [[strikethrough]] is [[/strikethrough]] ^[[are]] now immense quantities of ice on the outside - in Davis Strait - passing down, the quiet waters - no sea at the entrance of this (Rescue Bay) are abundant testimony. Both in Frobisher Bay & this on calm days the waters are as[[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]  smooth & quiet as upon a lakelet.
The Sun today has been hot. Ther. at 2 PM [[underlined]] in Sun [[/underlined]] 45[[degree symbol]]!
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Friday, July 26th, 1861
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P.M. 40[[degree symbol]] Calm Cloudy
This morning it began to cloud up thickly. At noon heavens hung in black - slight rain. This eve still cloudy & portentions of a storm.
After dinner went over to Whale Island to carry my ^[[Innuit]] child, Tukoolito, bread & meat which Capt. B. kindly allowed me to take free - & also to wind my chronometer wh. I keep upon the Island.

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