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1861 Dec 15 + [[Sunday]]

To make this ice it required some reconoitering, for Between the ice of the Harbor & it is the usual broken ice found around the coasts here.  On crossing this broken ice, as I stepped into snow saturated with sea water I was surprised at the result.  It was like stepping into a flood of molten gold so far as beauty of sight was concered.  Of course this light was from the phosphorus in the sea-water.  When snow is charged with it (sea-water) the prosphorus in very cold weather is very [[underlined]] excitable [[/underlined]] (so to write it).  Dogs putting their feet into & the sledge ploughing throuh it makes one enchanted with the sight.  The golden light produced is not confined to the space beneath their feet but speads out all around & continues for 3 or 4 seconds after the moistened snow has been disturbed.
In making passage across the Bay the wind though Light from the N.W. was cold, but we kept our backs to the windward thus we were comfortable in our [[underlined]] night [[/underlined]] travelling.  I say 'night travelling' for it must be recollected that sun rise at this Lat. to-day is about IX-44 AM Apparent or true time.  The moon at the West, wh. Fulls on Thursday Morning, enlightened all around.  The stars twinkled forth in glory.  The snow covered land was seen far & near.
We made the other other side of the Bay & struck land in one hour & 20 minutes where we made a stop of 1/2 an hour to unbraid harness lines, charge & fire pipes!
At VII-35 AM commenced the land passage between Rescue Bay & Frobisher Bay.  The travelling foundation we found in excellent condition both upon the Bay & land the snow being hard.
At VIII-20 we were upon the ridge between the 2 Bays.  Now came the descent of [[underlined]] steep [[/underlined]] mountain's side.  While Kook-smith went before the dogs to keep them back with whip in hand, I & Smith pulled back by a rope made fast to the rear of the sledge.
There are 3 very abrupt places in the descent from the ridge to Countess of Warwick's Sound that requires extreme care in descending with a sledge.  If the sledge is not kept back by some secure means it pushes on to the danger & destruction of all attached to it.  As our sledge was but lightly loaded we got down saftely.  As we got the worst of the descent, Kook-Smith with simply his whip stock struck through snow & thin ice to fresh water where I little expected it could be found.  We were parched with thirst, therefore we slaked it at this fountain of pure Cold Water.  At IX-25 we were on the smooth ice of Countess of Warwick's Sound of Old Frobisher.  Here we made a stop of 35 minutes for a lunch on raw, frozen Black Skin.  While Kook-Smith disentangled the draught lines Herr Smith chopped up the Black-Skin with Kook-Smith's snow knife.  During this latter operation the knife was broken - a huge piece of the edge part breaking out caused by using steel edged tools in the cold air.  This was a matter of sorrow to Kook-Smith for the knife was a large & good one

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that he had borrowed of one of his friend Innuits.
To keep him from that "sorrow wh. breaketh the heart" I told him I had another at the ship that I would give him in place of the one broken.  This set matters all right.  Having feasted on Black Skin, We started at X-00.
A few minutes brought us to a point where a small portion of King-gaite was in full view.
As we made out of the Inlet making up so near to Rescue Bay, wh. is surrounded by Bold rock mountains, Ooo-pung-ne-wing & Ni-oun-te-lik came to view.  We made direct for the E side of the former where we arrived XII-50 PM.  Here on stopping I learned that Kook-Smith had never seen [[underlined]] the Anvil [[/underlined]] which I desired so much to find & possess.  Kook-Smith is a young man Innuit about 22 years of age I should think - an adopted son of Annawa.  Smith had told me that Kook-Smith has seen the "Heavy Stone" ("Anvil") & that as Annawas youngest child was very sick Annawa desired to remain with his family & have me take Kook-Smith in his place.  I could do no less than act the humane part in agreeing under the circumstances to the change.  But some misunderstanding had occured between Annawa & Smith as Smith thought up to the moment of arriving to Oo-pung-ne-wing that Kook-Smith had seen the relic I sought & remembered where he had seen it.  But Kook-Smith declared he Tukoo nar-me - (had not seen it)  As the gales had swept most of the rugged rock Island base of snow, I proposed that Kook-Smith go with me after showing him the model wh. Annawa had made me & help find the anvil that we should follow along the E. & NE the N & N.W. Coast of the Island while Smith proceede with dogs to the NW end.
I had concluded to spend an hour in seeking this relic & then resume our route to Toong-wine.  As we passed along I & Kook-Smith examined as carefully as we could - wherever we came to a grass plot where had been tupiks our search was scrutinizing - but our search was in vain owing undoubtedly to being at a wrong point of the Island.
My regrets were great that I had not along with me some Innuits that had seen the relic.  We left Oo-pung-ne-wing 1-45 PM having spent just 55 minutes only in getting onto the Island - in the search - & off the island on to the ice again the former & latter being no time consuming acts when tide is out or well down as when made on & off the Island to-day.
Many places in the course of our search was covered with snow sufficient to hide what we sought.  Possibly the ice may have covered it as from what I have been able to glean the relic was near the water's edge when last seen.
We left Oo-pung-ne-wine at a point nearest Ni-oun-te-lik