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that go to make up the [[underlined]] Power [[/underlined]] requisite to carry out the primary object for wh. the Expedition was organized.
The making of 14th Enc. no small matter.  Every thing had to be carried.  1st over huge rocks boulder shaped - thence through mud - thence over shingle to the base of Sand, shingle & Rock bank the tide being out.  The like operation to go through on striking tupiks & re-loading Boats.
Of course the male Innuits like a bad landing quite as well as good for they make their wives do all the pack horse work.
At hVI Chro. (1 P.M.) the tide fast flowing we got under way.  VI-15 stop where Bay bends more westerly - at the small out Point I had sighted as being in course.
Stop at hVI-m15 at said point in wait for other Boat.  Mr Miner endeavouring to coax a dog wh. he supposed would continue to follow along on the coast.  So it did till dog came to a place where it must either swim 10 feet or make retrograde steps of six fathoms, or so, to get upon fair [[?]].
But every dog [[strikethrough]] does not know [[/strikethrough]] has not the intelligence or will of man.  So dog gave it up & went to howling & whining - disdaining all thought (?) of getting itself into [[?tarrioke]] (sea water).

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15th Enc.  24th Day Out

There dog stands a specimen of forlorn hope, while Mr Miner & those in his Boat keep up their dog calling without any signs of proceeding to help poor dog out of his dilemma!  Perhaps we shall go into 15th Enc. on account of dog before getting to Ag-goun.
Well Mr. Miner has concluded the only way to get dog out of the doubtful stand it has taken is to go to & take it aboard.
All under way again when some one of my crew sighted or thought she sighted a Ki-a N. of us.  This was communicated to the other boat & another delay.  Kood-loo by the by has hardly touched an oar in coming up from 14th Enc. telling the female portion of the crew do all the pulling.  There he has sat in the bow of the boat with his oar peaked lazily [[?relicining]] on his [[?short]].  A really lazy dog is Kood-loo