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"along side!  A scene almost indescribable
"has taken place within last few 
"moments - the shot - the spear!
"On Island N. by C (B.C.) entrance 
"of Bay just passed
"Snow Comet Mt." on K. [Kin-gaite] side 35[[degree symbol]] 1/2
"Hay cock [on stack Mt] 317[[degree symbol]] 1/2
"Extreme of land A Cape 1/2 mile 
"[[underlined]] West (?) [[/underlined]] opposite side Channel or entrance 
"to Bay just passed 360[[degree symbol]]
"To depth of Bay 295 1/2
"To [[underlined]] "Gap" [[/underlined]] in Mt of line N side by 
"C of Large Bay 172[[degree symbol]]
"To Cape opposite channel Ki-Ki-
"tuk-ju-a 176 1/2
"Az Compass bearings continued
"Left Tang. Ki-Ki-tuk-ju-a 170[[degree symbol]]
"Rt. Tang " " [[dittos for: Ki-Ki-tuk-ju-a]] 146[[degree symbol]]
"I never in my life [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] 
"had to choke ^[[down]] more of my feelings on the 
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"occasion than I have since leaving 
"the "George Henry". Never again 
"if I can avoid it will I undertake an 
"Expedition of the kind with only a sprinkling 
"of Innuits. As we drew up to the 
"Island, I told Koo-jes-se that I wish to stop "but for a few moments for a few Compass 
"sights. He said that he was going in 
"Ki-a & try & get an Ook-gook. I said to 
"him I did not wish to delay but that we 
"must push on with the business for wh. I came "here. As I returned from the hill of the Island "Koo-jes-se gone & all hands of Both Boats "dissecting the Ook-gook! Here we are & I not "able to control the incontrolable crew. But 
"I will swallow all till I get back to the G.H. "for if I can accomplish something, I shall 
"feel gratified.
"Capt B. I am sure will resent the 
"way in wh. these men Innuits whom he 
"selected, have conducted - But yet what good "will it do? While Innuits are Innuits in their 

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