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I wonder at my taking him when I knew his composition by my trip to the Extreme Land bet. Frobisher Bay & Rescue Bay.  He was one of my Co. & showed then that he was a lazy 'booby'!
I regret taking him on this Ex. but he's here & I must make the best of it.  The coast a few minutes after leaving 14th Enc. becomes rock - the rock of mountains.  However they reach same height for a little distance up & from the coast as Sand, shingle & Rock Bank - or rather the Plains above it.
Having passed on N.W. ([[?te]]) some little time, I turned the Boat toward Kin-gaite Coast for the object landing & visiting a [[underlined]] remarkable ridge of apparent fine sand that stretched a mile or so along the Coast. [[/underlined]] Before getting near the shore, however could see that the water was becoming very shallow - the bottom 

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of Sand - fine Sand.
Before reaching the water's edge boat made bottom - some 2 1/2 or 3 rods out.  From the appearance of the low plains around the indications were of gradual incline of coast - & so I find it.  Could not make landing so I concluded to push on for we were near using near ter-mi ratio of Frobisher Bay.
But have commenced, or rather here was a continuation of my perplexing trials with the Innuits.
Miner's Boat had turned to the land & as the Innuits of my Boat said were making tupiks.  Here Miner was something like a mile behind & soon found the lady crew bent on remaining there.  But I was determined this should not be.  I asked "Susy" (Koo-ou-le-arng) [[underlined]] Now time Ag-goun? [[/underlined]]  She pointed to where Miner was!  I knew this to be but a trick to get me back.  I called out to them to [[underlined]] A-Choo [[/underlined]] - pull ahead.  Tho' loth at 1st they