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(11 1861 Sept 15 [[symbol: Cross]] 19 Enc. Same as 9th 38th Day out shouting or howling till past midnight. After continuing it for over 2 hours with a voice that makes the mountains about ring "Jack" now joins her. Jack is an Angeko! At midnight a round of guns! Koo-per-neu-ung was in same tupik as myself. Some how he was taking a se-nik-too till the numerous guns roused him. He sprung up & was but a moment in getting ready to join his people. Soon Jack & howling wife made down from the hill where they were & marched around keeping up the same hideous noises so loud & broken that only throats of [[underlined]] brass & cracked at that [[/underlined]] - could make the same. They kept marching around passing & repassing all the tupiks howling &c [[underlined]] like two devils! [[/underlined]] It is a painful sleepless night I am having - sick - in Bed - lam! - & racked with pain. A remarkable feature. Mountains of Kin-gaite covered with snow while those on this side next the coast wholly destitute of it. I felt the great difference in temperature (on arriving this side) bet. that of Kin-gaite side & this - this being much warmer. [[end page]] [[start page]] (12 1861 Sept 15 [[symbol: Cross]] 19 Enc. Same as 9th 38th Day out Both parties on same spot as we encamped on 19th Aug. Here we remained till Morning of the 21st. My supper a taste of Coffee with Biscuit (sea-bread) & dried Took-too meat & a bite of Ood-noo. I tried to make something taste good but failed. [[underlined]] I eat to live. [[/underlined]] I will here note what I think I failed to do in yesterday's record. In skinning the Rein deer shot by Kooper-neu-ung on the Cape I noticed a greenish appearance about the legs & lower part of the body & said to Koo-jes-se that I thought the Took-too must have been sick. He said 'No' - that the peculiar look was from the deer, having been swimming much of late in the cold water of this Bay. One peculiar custom I find among the Innuits that I never read of. When they kill a rein-deer after they have skinned it they proceede to cut off bits of different parts of the animal & bury said bits under a sod - under