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(2 1861 Sept 3 Thurs. will now pursue further enquiries of him & if possible engage him as boat-steerer tho' he a cripple on the trip I purpose to make [[underlined]] right away [[/underlined]] to "Countess of Warwick's Sound", - but I proceede to finish the evidence began by finishing the sentence), respect [[underlined]] to the said inverted Kettle. [[/underlined]] Yet, it was not large, but [[underlined]] very heavy. [[/underlined]] Artarkparu it will be recollected said it was [[underlined]] soft [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] smooth [[/underlined]] - in both these respects differing from the specimens of [[underlined]] "Heavy Stones" [[/underlined]] (Iron) I showed him, they being covered with deep, irregular indentations from rust - & [[underlined]] very hard. [[/underlined]] I will now stop & have a talk with Ar-tark-pa-ru. The interview in Aft Cabin with Artarkpa-ru. Ar-tark-pa-ru has [[image: drawing]] [[underlined]] here [[/underlined]] [[image: drawing]] made the outlines on a small scale of the [[underlined]] Relic [[/underlined]] he has seen on Oo-pung-ne-wing. One is a side, or longitudinal view - the other as it appears looking down upon it. In presence of Capt. B. who assisted me in talking with Artarkparu, I exhibited to him (A.) 2 pieces of metal. One the Bell-metal relic I obtained in Greenland while at anchorage at Holsteinborg, in the Summer of 1860 - being a fragment of one of the bells that the old Norwegians used in their churches - the other a Copper "Skilling", Danish Coin. [[end page]] [[start page]] (3 1861 Oct 3d Thurs The object was to know of Ar-tar-pa-ru what metal we had about us that represented the metal of wh. the relic consisted that he had seen on Oo-pung-ne-wing. Capt B. drew forth from his pocket an old piece of lead pipe. From this he (Capt B.) cut off a chip, showing a bright silver, or white look. Artarkparu said: [[underlined]] 'It was not like that' [[/underlined]] So he said of a polished edge of the Bell fragment - [[underlined]] Vide next on (4th) page [[/underlined]] Sketch by Artarkparu drawn in Aft Cabin Sept 3d/61 VII-00 AM [[image: drawing of group of islands annotated A, B, C]] (A) Oo-pung-ne-wing (B) Ni-oun-te-lik (C) Kod-lu-nar The relative positions given by it of the Islands (named above) are [[underlined]] quite different from fact [[/underlined]] - but my object is to get at the [[underlined]] precise spot [[/underlined]] where he saw [[underlined]] the relic [[/underlined]] on Oo-pung-ne-wing. The simple pencil dot (.) near the upper part of the sketch representing Oo-pung-ne-wing is where he saw it - the Southern part of the Island near where I found Annawa & other Innuits last winter.