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Private Journal of CF Hall
Six pages or Columns in this Day's Record

Wednesday Jan 1st 1862!

28.925 AM  +4°  N.W.  Modt Gale with thick snow
28.875 M  +4°  N.  Strong " " " [[dittos for: with thick snow]]
28.90  PM +6°  N.  Light " " " [[dittos for: with thick snow]]

Another of the great dividing lines of Time just passed!
1861 Is gone! - 1862 [[underlined]] now is! [[/underlined]]  It came in, accompanied with a Snow Storm.
My dear friends at home, I wish you all a happy New Year!
I had hoped to be with you, that I 

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might have greeted you in person - that I might have heard your voices emenating from warm hearts in return;  [[underlined]] but it is otherwise [[/underlined]] - I am here with the vessel that took me from you, now imprisoned in "thick ribbed ice".  God grant ere long, the crystal fetters that hold us fast, may receive the dissolving kisses of that 'greater light to rule the day', when, with white wings spread to the winds, we can hasten to the presence of our loved ones.
C F Hall Morning of Jan 1st 1862

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The storm prevents the departure of the several parties that intended to start off this Morning.
Sterry & his 'for the [[underlined]] time-being [[/underlined]] Innuit wife' have been waiting since the departure of Kop-e-o & others who went to Toong-wine on Thursday Dec 26th/61, for the return of Innuit "Dick" with dogs & sledge.  S. intended I believe, to start at same time (26th) but the Innuits that went up at that time outwitted him.  However "Dick" will probably return as his wife is still at the Innuit village here.
It is a general remark of all of the G.H.'s men that leave the vessel to live with the Innuits that they are very much troubled with constipation.  This is what I have already noted of my own experience.
Two Seals were caught down the Bay yesterday by the Innuits.  One by Koo-per-neu-ung.  One by "Gipsie's" lucky.  "Sharkey" came aboard this Morning presenting Capt B. with the livers of said Seals.
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wait till he comes down again.
It has been 'snowing [[underlined]] hard' [[/underlined]] all day.  To-night but little wind.  The snow flakes are of unusual size - large & flat.
Soon as the temperature moderates as to-day (to-day +4° & tonight +6°) the frost that has accumulated in the Cabins (& in the Births) gives way in 'drippiness' making our condition anything but comfortable.  As I sit now writing I am receiving drop after drop of the aqueous matter from above.
This evening Koo-ou-le-arny ("big Susy") has been washing for me.  She has been my "Washer Woman" nearly all the time since coming into the country.  For washing 2 pairs of drawers, 2 under shirts, 1 shirt, 3 pairs of socks & 1 pr of mittens, I gave her 2 pairs Brass-hair-rings, 1 paper needles & 2 hand tobacco wh. she considered abundant pay.
Breakfast = Fried Venison, Coffee & Bread
Dinner = Fried Venison
Supper = Mug of Coffee!  As Capt B. handed this to me while I was engaged reading in the little aft Cabin he said he found everything in the little pantry gone.  The returned