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Stopping now at Qui-ins the wind blowing so furiously that it was considered all around imprudent to proceed. With Koo-per-neu-ung in my Company, I proceeded to the top of the eminence on the Cape which is an abrupt high Mt. Not astonished at the numerous patches of Ping-nuss[[guess]] & blueberries ^[[Ki-u-ti my nung]] that some growing to the very top - the ground was really [[underlined]] blue [[/underlined]] with the latter. Arriving at the top, the wind was blowing gale-like One could hardly stand erect - & the wind cutting Cold too! Getting a few Compass sights, we descended when apparently the wind lulled wh. induced us to start - when under way, the wind commenced again its vehemence - but we continued on, yet making up the Bay about 1 mile when we turned  between Islands & moved
down to the termination, when we struck for East Side. Arriving to an Island Oo-mer-nung which is within 1/4 mile of East Side of Bay at its upper end, we swung around on the lee Side & Stopped, hoping that the wind would Calm down & allow our proceeding on that we might make Oo-pung-ne-wing on northern Ne-oun-te-lik, the Island near it, to-day. But the wind still increased - As we walked up on the Island Oo-mar-nung, could see that

Transcription Notes:
"Ke-u-ti my nung" is probably "blueberries ? called by the Innuits Ki-o-tung-nung...." page 395 inHall's book.