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Shev-ek-ku one of my crew ^[[& his family]] were of that Co. - therefore he opened one of the deposits - all of wh he says are of Walrus - & allowed whoever wanted free participation on the ^[[frozen &]] apparently fresh mass. The Innuits seated themselves all around it & eat to their satisfaction. I proceeded on a little way toward Lupton Channel - found relics of Innuits who have made this a stopping place evidently for Centuries - the circles of ^[[moved]] stones - bones of the Walrus, whales [[underlined]] & the Innuits. [[/underlined]] 1/2 of a mile down found the fragments of a Ships mast that had nearly split into six parts by the Innuits with Oak wedges using large stones for sledgehammers or Bults[[guess]]  Gathered up the wedges & brought along for wood. The mast - the portion found 22 feet long - It looked as if the time was not remote when it had been broken off 22 feet [[strikethrough]] found [[/strikethrough]] from its ship. I found the iron band wh. had been taken from its boat standing by a rock & brought it along with me. Some portion of a tree 4 feet long (Spruce) also the trunk & roots of one both where the sea had washed them. I cannot imagine how such a semicircle of stones could be heaped up break-water like as where I found the mast & portion of trees interested above. The Sea does it yet [[stikethrough]] the [[strikethrough]] said break-water is the extent of a bight that makes in, the mouth of it will closed in an protected by numerous Islands. The embankment is of Stones - not Boulders - 40 - or 50 feet of it at the base & 5 to 8 feet high - next the sea 10 feet perhaps - Mid-way is a small opening leading to a reservoir of water wh the high at full & Change reaches.  Spending 3/4 of an hour on this walk I returned - decided that we could not go on

Transcription Notes:
References to page 446-447 in Hall's book. Shev-ek-ku is spelled Shevikoo in the book. Hall appears to have noted down the Innuit names and place phonetically, not always spelled the same.