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Monday July 7th 1862
AM S.E. Fresh - Rain & Snow (A Gale till 4 AM)
M. S.E. Light - Cloudy but prospect fair weather
PM. S.E. " [[ditto for: Light]] Thick - dark partertance[[guess]] clouds 
This morning had conversation with Innuit Sharkey. He says that if I will come in ^[[here]] with ship next year he will accompany me on my voyage to King Williams Land. He tells me that Innuits pass from Ken-mo-noong (wh. is on ^[[N. side]] Hudson's Strait) ^[[over the land]] to Ik-ki-hi-shon-zer a Sound ^[[ or [[strikethrough]] [[?]] M[[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Bay]] on Kin-gaite side in one day. [[strikethrough]] Sat [[/strikethrough]] says that Koo-choo-ar-choo ("Sampson") has passed with dogs & sledge over that route in one day. He ("Sharkey") never went that route but came ^[[with other Innuits]] from Ker-noo-oony over land with dogs & sledge farther up. Had large loads of beef - came slow - does not recollect how many days it took him. Passed over the [[underlined]] new de glace [[/underlined]] in making this passage.
At h XI - m 00 AM the weather changed so favorably that I concluded to start on my boat voyage going direct to Oopungnewing is in Countess of Warwick's Sound instead of down to S.E. Ex. but the Innuits preferred stopping till to-morrow as Miner has not his Ki-a here. He (Miner) proceedes with an Egg & ducking pa^[[r]]ty ^[[consisting of the G.H.'s men]] to get his Ki-a this PM wh. is down on an island in Bear Sound.
Two Boat & 2 B. crews started off this PM for egging & Ducking. Short time after their departure Kok-er-jub-in came into the officers tent. I had a talk with her relative to Kar-mo-wong an Innuit [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] name of place N. side Hudson's Straits. She says that when his son Ne^[[or Ning]]-u-ar-ping was a pik-a-nin-y small she went aboard amar[[?]] (many) [[strikethrough]] ( [[/strikethrough]] oo-mi-arc[[guess]]-tu-u [[strikethrough]] ) [[/strikethrough]] (ships) that passed up toward N.W. that a good
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the many [Kod-lu-nar co[[?]]ins (Women) & many children & babes (annana) - I think this must be the year where in John Franklin ^[[& party]] were in the Hudson Bay ^[[Co.]] ships - the year where the colony - Red river Colony - was sent out by Lord Selkirk.
Tuesday, July 8th 1862
AM E. Fresh - [[underlined]] Rain Storm [[/underlined]] [Last night - ^[[early this Morn snow storm]] ]
M S.E. Strong - " [[ditto for: Rain]] & very thick fog 
PM SE. " [[ditto for: Strong]] - " " " " " [[dittos for: Rain & very thick fog]]
The Egging & Ducking party did not return till h V - m 00 this morning - obtained 44 doz of eggs & 28 ducks. Koo-per-neu-ung (Charley) shot 6 ducks near by yesterday & brought ^[[& gave]] the same [[strikethrough]] a good [[/strikethrough]] to the officers. One thing is certain, by only a slight effort, the GH's Co. have got enough to eat. Really the [[strikethrough]] M[[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Co. here is sufficient to procure abundant provisions ^[[before natures freeze up]] for 100 men from now till next summer. Not only provision but the article required for [[underlined]] fuel [[/underlined]] thru the long winter. I mean by this walrus blubber with wh. to cook - & warm the Igloo (Snow huts) I may say this with perfect [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] safety, I do not believe there is a place in the United States of N. American where a company of men could procure the necessary food for their preservation with less labor than here, [[underlined]] from & around this Bay of Frobisher. [[/underlined]] 

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