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was urged this distance in a moment when Koo-jes-se seized ^[[(over the Boat side)]] the head of Wounded, dying Seal with both hands & drew it up bringing it down as best he could till other Innuits came to his assistance. Not ever will I forget that scene!  A line at once thrown around its ^one of its free flippers]] by wh the Innuits attempted to lift [strikethrough]] up[[guess]] [[/strikethrough]] ^[[it]] [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] over the side the side of the Boat, Seal was still alive & struggling - It was several times drawn up breast high - but found too heavy to be easily drawn over into the Boat. As it was thus drawn up, dying Seal took a look around when as with its plaintive eyes & innocent looking - mercy pleading face [[underlined]] as tho it were human [[/underlined]]! I really felt a shudder Crawl over me as Seal was thus [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] viewing us when Koo-per-new-ung brought down quick & desperate blow, his hand charged with a huge Snow on Seal Knife [[strikethrough] wh. penetrated [[/strikethrough]] plunging it shank deep into the face, head & neck of soon doomed, intelligent looking Seal!  Finally it was gotten aboard - ^[[to [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[?]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]]] an being this made ^[[to our stash of 6 Ducks & Nowyers shot since starting out]] of 300 lbs more of fresh provisions. It was a very huge Seal.  It seems [[underlined]] He [[/underlined]] (for such it were) was out taking the air - Koo-jes-se says that occasionally on a windy day a seal will float thus, just for the [[/underlined]] "fun" [[/underlined]] - or good feeling if having the wind blow on its back. The head of the Seal was turned from us when we approached so now - the wind & waves drowning ^[[all]] the noise we made

Transcription Notes:
Parts almost verbatim on pages 431-432 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."