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(10 1861 Aug 31 Sat. 14th Enc. 23d Day Out The Point or Cape proper (above) where it commences high & Bluff [[checkmark]] 279° 13th Encampment [[checkmark]] 116° Northerly Point of the Group (3) of Islands around Bay on wh. (Bay) is 13th Enc. Distant 2 miles [[checkmark]] = 240° A "Headland" that we shall pass as we proceede to Ag-goun. Left hand side K-gaite side perhaps 3 or 4 miles to it = [[checkmark]] 327° Right angle across the Channel bet. Island now on & Kin-gaite (about -) 52° This last Point of Obs. I came across Koo-jes-se who was seeking sight of took-too. We proceeded together toward the place where we left the Boat. The Island has much vegetation upon it - especially Rein-deer moss wh. abounds throughout these regions the ground here & thing almost everywhere being completely carpeted with it. As we descened the side hill leading to Boat found the lady portion of crew with tin cups Bluberry picking - catching up a hand full now & then for the berries were very large & numerous. I & Koo-jes-se passed on to Boat. Koodloo & Kooperneuung had returned. Soon the blue berry party came aboard with their quarts of luscious fruit with which they entertained us very agreeably. How this scene - the eating of this Home luxury carried me admist friends [[end page]] [[start page]] (11 1861 Aug 31 Sat. 14th Enc. 23d Day Out of my early days! Here we are hIX-m45 Chro (h4-m45 PM) where we landed 2 1/2 hours since. Indeed large bodies move slow. The new arrangement do not seem to work. The Ki-a has not yet returned to 13th Enc. for we can distinctly see the othr Boat still in wait, but now we start having had a capital 'set-to' with quarts of fine Bluberries found growing on this Island. Just this moment Koo-per-neu-ung shot at a Now-yer on the wing going over our heads. It continued on its course crossing the channel; when 1/2 way over down it falls like a stone into the water - [[underlined]] splash! [[/underlined]] Now hX Chro (5 PM) & the other boat just under way. They probably sight Ki-a & Ning-u-ar-ping. A few minutes later - O, Innuits - [[underlined]] You will ever be Innuits! [[underlined]] We are now going [[underlined]] 33 feet per 4 seconds [[/underlined]] under "Ash-breeze" - & where? Toward 13th Encpt. For What? Koo-jes-se sighting with his Spy a few moments ago toward 13th Enc. announced to us that Miner & party had a Took-too