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(7) [[boxed]] 1861 Aug 22 Ths. 11th Enc 14th Day out [[/boxed]] "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 [[end page]] [[start page]] (8 [[boxed]] 1861 Aug 22 Ths. 11th Enc. 14th Day out [[/boxed]] "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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