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2d day in 13th encampment  22 Day out
Ik-er-ar-lu-ing

Friday, Aug. 30th 1861

AM  S.E.  Fresh thick & Damp - Min nie (fine rain)
M   S.E.  " [[ditto for: Fresh]] Cloudy & fog.
PM  Calm  " " [[dittos for: Cloudy & fog.]]

[[note]] Ou-won big g [[?Endless/Perhaps]], Ang-u-wer-shun, Nin-u-ar-ping, Jack son Kok [[/note]]

VIII AM - To-day I may as well keep in Tupik - but still at work.  It is a cold, now - wet day.  I have one of "Job's Comforters" under my left arm wh. requires [[underlined]] some [[/underlined]] nursing.  The first fair, Sunny day I go to "Ag-goun", the name of place head of W. side of Bay (F. Bay).  I must spend some considerable time there.
I must proceed & make arrangements with my crew to go down on this (Kin-gaite) side of Bay for the object of exploring the Coast.  I shall hope to make frequent visits to the mountain tops of Kin-gaite for they are high very high down toward the entrance

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1861 Aug 30 Fri.
22d Day out  13th Enc.

to this Frobisher Bay.  There I shall see mountains covered with Everlasting snow.  Shall see glaciers!
God, I pray Thee be with me through all my journey to view Thy Great & Wonderful Works. - Be Thou with me in all my steps through life.
This P.M. Koo-jes-se, Kood-loo with some of the other Innuits went off with Boat to get the skins, Tood-nook & some of the venison of the Took-too wh. Kood-loo shot.
Number of Rein-deer now shot & secured by my 3 hunters
Koo-jes-se  8
Kood-loo 8
Koo-per-neu-ung  9
Total = = 25
One Ni-noo (Polar Bear) 1 Ook-gook, many seals, Ducks & Nowyers Partridges &c are to be added to this game list.  Shall the [[underlined]] Crow [[/underlined]] be left out?
One Nowyer was shot in the trip for Kood-loo's game to-day.