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1861 Sept 28 Sat.

[[underlined]] much [[/underlined]] larger - making a corresponding circular motion with his hand over & around the one I had placed before him on the Cabin Table.  According to the said measuring motion, the piece of iron he had seen near Ni-own-te-lik it was 5 or 6 times as large.
Ar-tark-pa-ru said that a very strong Innuit could just lift it - but very few Innuits strong enough to do it.  This piece of Iron was on the Island Oo-pung-newing S.W. side, just above high water.  Saw it six years ago - had not seen it since.  The iron was soft - not hard like the pieces wh. I placed before him.  From this & what other matter I gained from him, I conclude that said piece of Iron was [[underlined]] 'Wrought [[/underlined]] iron' - not cast iron (Pig-iron) as the specimens wh. I have appear to be.

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1861 Sept 28 Sat

Oo-pung-ne-wing is an Island S.E. from Ni-oun-te-lik - distance less than 1/2 mile across the channel bet. the 2 Islands.
I have said that I thought the "heavy stone" (so called by the Innuits) wh. Artarkparu saw on "Oo-pung-ne-wing" was "Wrought Iron".  The conclusion may be a wrong one for Koo-jes-se now tells me (K.) was my interpreter) that Artarkparu said it was not only [[underlined]] soft, [[/underlined]] but [[underlined]] smooth! [[/underlined]]  From this I would say that it must have been other metal than iron - either lead or Composition.