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(4) 1861 Sept 13 Fri 17th Enc. 2d D 36 D out plastered into form as described - a bit at a time. Gale ceased 4-30 P.M. The weather looks fine this eve but the clouds hug Kin-gaite Mts. wh. indicates otherwise than good weather. We resume Voyage to-morrow Morning. O that I had had a set of white men - [[underlined]] any set of men civilized - humanized [[/underlined]] with me on this Voyage. Then I could have accomplished something that would have been satisfactory to me in after life. I mean in reviewing my Work done here when at Home. The Island on wh. we are on is 1/3 mile long & 1/8 wide about 1 mile from Cape & 1 1/2 or 2 from the Mt Peak I called Peak in distance when at 16th Enc. The relics of Innuits here. Took-too tracks here & there over the Island. [[end page]] [[start page]] 18th Enc. 37th Day out Saturday Sept. 14th 1861 AM S.E. Fresh Thick clouds & Cold M S.E. Snow Storm - wind strong PM S E Modt Cloudy Up early & getting in readiness to start tho' the weather indicates a storm. I feel that this is a point - say from Kin-gaite Mountains - that good sights would be of great use. I wish here or near here to determine Lat. but to do it correctly must have Sun. This I cannot have to-day as the weather I think will not be favorable. I here copy from my "Rough & ready" Start 0h-m15 (XII-15 Chro) hVII-m15 AM As we start I ask Koo-jes-se if he is not going across the Channel & let me go to Kin-gaite Mts & take sights? He shakes his head with sour looks & says 'No! - Low water - wind blows hard - get on the rocks &c. &c.!