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Winter when I went up Frobisher Bay accompanied by Sterry & Kok-er-job-in, I being the guest of Sampson.  "Dick" says that her name was Suk-pe-te-ung but I this another name from what the old lady gave me at said Feast.  She is the one that desired me to An-ge-koote for her.
When up at Toong-wine (my last trip) she was in her [[underlined]] living tomb [[/underlined]] a little distance from the Igloos there placed to die [[underlined]] according to Innuit Custom [[/underlined]] (?)
The other Innuit who died since I was there is the one taken up by the Toong-wine Innuits Dec 7th/61 - his name ek-chood-loo.  Both died of the pulmonary disease that is carrying this people off rapidly.  This makes 12 

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deaths since coming into this Country among a people numbering 170 being nearly 7 per cent in one year & five months.
Dick (Cop-e-o) returns intending to remove his family & effects at once to Toong-wine.  Sterry with his Kok-er-jab-in starts off to-morrow morning removing his & her effects by same conveyance.
As I have before said Copeo & Ning-u-ar-ping started from Toong-wine yesterday morning.  They found the snow soft & deep wh. accounts for the length of time it has taken to get to this place.
It needs a gale to make good travelling again.
Capt. B. asked me to-night what length of time I supposed a Whale could remain under water?  I replied:  About one hour.
He then related to me the following:

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Frank Smith of New London, Ct formerly of the Whaling firm Parkins & Smith, a few years ago while on a Whaling Voyage struck a Whale near the island Tristan d'Acunha (S. of Africa) which remained six hours under the water before coming up.  During all this time the Boat was directly over the place where the whale was, the Whale remaining still all the time & within sight of those in the Boat.  At length the Whale came up when it was landed & secured.
A fact notorious among all whalers who have fished around the Islands Tristan d'Acunha & Gough's, some 250 or 300 miles apart, that on whales disappearing from the waters near one Island are not seen again

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till about one day after coming up in the vincinity of the other Island.
[[underlined]] Whales are never seen between the two islands, [[/underlined]] that is, at any considerable distance from them.
For Years & Years have observations been made by Whalers establishing the fact as above stated.  This may be stated that several Whalers sometimes approach one of the named Island find Whales abundant - secure some & all at once the Whales disappear.  Other Whalers are in the neighborhood of the other Island (& by comparing dates) it is found the whales become numerous all at once at the latter Island one day succeeding the disappearance of the 1st.  In the mean time, all along between the 2 Islands covered over with Whalers that saw no whales making their passage.  As Capt. B says no Whales