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Sampson though well acquainted with him.  So changed was Sampson in appearance from the affliction now upon him.  At last Rogers was told that it was really "Sampson" thus before - a skeleton only.  Some weeks ago a pimple simply made its appearance near left breast of Sampson.  It got a scratch - & at that time inflamation took place & has continued till the very vitals are being eaten out.  The sight of this from Mate R's description is horrid.  No Innuit of his crew dared to behold it.  Nothing is done whatsoever to alleviate the distress of S. - or arrest the progress of this cancerous complaint.  Rather the neglect - the diet - tuk-too hair &c that is allowed to accumulate within it irritates & hastens on its progress.  Okk-quok-al-lo is confined to his tupik - cannot even sit up - is spitting blood - & will, as R thinks, even die.  But this is not all.  From all that R. saw the Innuits there are starving.  Only one man Innuit there who is able to seal - & hunt Tuk-too & ducks.  R. visited every Tupik & nothing whatsoever could he see that they could eat to sustain life except

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their tuk-too beds!  One seal was brought in after being there an hour but the next morning not a morsel of it remained.  They all begged for food of R's Innuit crew;  but they had nothing save what little remained in Mate R's hands to sustain them (Rs crew) till they got back to Og-bier-see-o-ping.  The morning of 25th (Thursday) 8 A.M. Rogers started for the Island that he proposed to visit - (Ki-Ki-tuk-ju-a) he arrived there at XI A.M. remained there one hour & then started back.  While at Ki-Ki-tuck-ju-a visited the place the Innuits had described that would make a good harbor & found that the place would make a good harbor for G.H. if it were of sufficient depth but for a vessel of her it was not of proper depth - only 8 feet low water.  The appearance was while in a boat moving in the harbor that it was deep but this deception was caused by the [[underlined]] black [[/underlined]] sand on the bottom.  On sounding found as indicated.  The Innuit crew