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having been erected on a foundation of stone cemented together with lin[[?]] & sand - & also that the walls were also laid in some ^[[kind of]] material. The stone, of wh. the house 12 by 12 feet had once been built were of all shapes & sizes the latter (estimating by weight) from 1/2 lb to the weight 2 strong men could lift. The walls are thrown down ^[[but the stone wh formed them]] mostly lying within the space bounded by the foundation. The foundation stone laid in mortar (cement) still there! Some part covered with moss. Many - very many of the stone wh once formed the walls with the cement still adhering to them with the tenacity & hardness almost of the rocks atoms. Four of the stones (the smallest I could find) having the cement still adhering to them, I selected as specimens of these relics. I have brought them away with me & intend taking them to the States. The Innuits assisting me & searching for brick - fragments of brick & Tile only found - pieces found every where on the Island wh. is only 1/4 mile across either way. The Wood or [[underlined]] Timber [[/underlined]] found by me [[underlined]] at the base of the Ship's trench![[/underlined]] My care in digging it out! The night finds us at the Island - darkness ends our search. The rowing back - I steerer - The light of Tupiks my beacon! The glorious moon just appearing from the top of the mountain of Ti-Koon as we start out from "Kort-lu-norm" The fine P.M. - glorious night - stars in all their glory - Long has the time seemed since all so fair - The beautiful, the rainbow Aurora to-night - the sweeping to & fro

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