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1861
Oct
7 [[/note]]
Reaching Lupton Strait to-night - no Boats on Whalers Sun - conclude to stop [[?below]] French Head by the Pass of last Winter - Ebierbing  asks me like a man of Sense & feeling about it - tho I wish to get to my previous end & back again as soon as are possible yet I concluded to leave this matter about stopping to Innuits - Stop in Bight in Pass - [[?Shewn-?ck-?koo ?Kib-?Inak]]  Annawa strikethrough]] shoot [[/strikethrough]] fires at one but misses - [[?Sensible]] for more [[?wood]] find it in abundance in a little cove - piece of my boat - blue streaked - is among it - it now goes to make up some of the conveniences of life.  Cold sailing in Boat - When landed [[?brern]] U-Ki-Susy [[?Kokenzi]] & I prepare place for Enc .  2 Tupiks & one of my Boat Covering - one of Sail & [[?Cist]] - 5 souls in 1 - 3 in the other. Heavens in thick clouds after 4 P.M. Coffee and bread all around - [[?I ?Inejss]]
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Transcription Notes:
See pages 446 and 447 of Hall's book. Finds pieces of Hall's wrecked boat for firewood.