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Some Innuit. here have Ning-un-a-ping come up with a "partridge that he had shot
Reach Point [[encircled]] 8 [[/encircled]]
Jack's Cooney[[guess]] who is aboard &
pulling at oars is taken with [[underlined]] a fit! [[/underlined]] She has broken out singing An-ye kooting -really so What a seems ^[[form[[guess]] ]] of singularity but [[strikethrough]] of no [[/strikethrough]] nevertheless of reality.
It seem not humble a Methodist Love Feast! Jack is steering Boat Annaurping sits so close to my side that I have cramped
elbow nerve to pencil[[guess]] 
Ning-u-ar ping sits bt. Suzhi oars & the An-ge-koo-ting holding the little dog Nietch-uk Isabel Koo-jes-se [[?]] is at one oar Koo-pre rung's[[guess]] at another
Kood-loo sits upon a huge pile of Tuk-too skins on the tip Bow - & a little Innuit is on opposite side of Koo per ng Noo-lon un-a pulling - dog by him asleep by him - & now for the next

Transcription Notes:
This passsage relates to page 424-5 of Hall's book "Arctic Researches, And Life Among The Esquimaux: Being A Narrative Of An Expedition In Search Of Sir John Franklin In The Years 1860, 1861 and 1862." "Jack's wife, who was on board pulling at an oar, was suddenly taken with what I at first supposed to be a fit." Ankooting: a kind of chant. 'end of page' not required for single page