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1861 Aug 3 Sat seals but they were shy & distant. Yet Kood-loo made one shot at one but missed as I felt confident he would from the constant rocking of the Boat by the cross-sea that we were riding at the [[?time]]. I acted as Boat-steerer, Ebierbing's sister (Noud-lung) & Koo-ou-le nuy (his Aunt) as Boat or oars men(?). Little I said went with us & was of [[underlined]] great [[/underlined]] use for he worked bailing - not a [[underlined]] small [[/underlined]] share of the work required in using the Boat wh. I have to make my Frobisher Bay Trip! We turned back at V o'clock P.M. being distant from Whale Island 4 1/2 miles. Returning, Kood-loo shot at 2 Petularks that were swimming along near our boat. I [[?watched]] each at the 2 shots he made the very instant hammer struck cap the mark was without line of the aim - Pe-tu-lark quick as flash - quicker than the metal motion to the spot to where it was went beneath the water. It was VII 1/2 o'clock when we arrived to our [[end page]] [[start page]] 1861 Aug 3 Sat. Fri. The sighting according smoke on Whale Isd as we made in right from among the Islands. Indications of Tuk-oo=li-too preparation for a hot supper. The [[underlined]] "sentinel" [[/underlined]] [[?]] oft making out from a point of an Island & returning behind it - the play of "Yankee" upon the [[?trick]]. The silence of our approach to the Island. Oars plied as noiselessly as a summer's breeze. The escaping up the rocks in silence. Espy numerous ducks swimming swiftly in the distance directly from the Isd. Our disappointment - our awaiting their return. The conclusion that we would have a "smoke". I call down fire from above, from the god of day - Sol. His rays concentrated by one of the lenses of my Marine glass to a point upon some Virginia weed. The almost instant fire. From this [[underlined]] spark [[/underlined]] fire up all around! Great was my disappointment in returning with no game. Not a thing did we acquire for the stomachs of the eleven souls now on Whale Island. Ebierbing is the successful sealer & hunter, but he is confined to his Tuktoo bed by sickness. The weather up to the moment we started out to-day has not admitted of our going out