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9th Enc,  Tuesday Apr 29th 1862
AM +36°   Calm Thick & Storm Threatening
M +38 S.E. Fresh "       "        "
PM. +23° Strong Thk Clouds & dark, Strom threatening S. E.
Now nearly one week at this Enc.  I cannot but have painful regrets that I had not taken Sharkey as my only Company in my sledge journy up this Bay.  But I have another scheme concocted during last night wh. I hope I will be able to carry out.  It is this to have the Sealers prosecute their work of securing enough Seals to feed up well the dogs then spend one day in my visiting Kin=gaite heights & directly after take Sharkey or Koo-jes-se as my dog driver & direct my Course ^[[up the Bay]] for the exploration of an important Inlet wh. makes up North from Bay of Frobisher said Inlet having been denominated ^[[by me:]] Grinnell Inlet on my Voyage last fall to the head of this (Frobisher) Bay.  The distance from here to the entrance of the Inlet is about 50 miles & it will probably take well into one week togo to the headof it & return.  While I am gone the remaining Innuit Sealers will endeavor to keep up a supply of provisions for the 4 mouths I leave behind.  I take along with me ^[[as light a load as possible]] a few lbs Pemican & Borden Meat biscuit.  My [[blank]] sleeping bag & instruments.
I have told my Innuit Co. my purpose & they acceede to it.  Koo-jes-se is to be my dog driver.  He will take along with him his gun & ammunition for Killing the few Seals I shall require to fee up the dogs while on this flying trip.  But before I start the dogs have
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to be recruited.  The are in a poor state.  One of my "Greenlanders" Me-rak I fear will soon be [[strikethrough]] lost [[/strikethrough]] a loss to me.  He has been sick several days his [[?chops]] hugely swollen & his whole frame quivering in [[strikethrough]] agony [[/strikethrough]] pain.  His [[?eyes]] are almost [[?unseeing]] & mournful enough to excite sympathetic feeling, even [[strikethrough]]from[[/strikethrough]] ^[[in]] an Innuit's heart.  Have not required service of Sick Me-rak for several days.
This Morning very warm tho no Sun shine.  All through the night the snow walls of the Igloo kept dropping down bits of crystal into our very faces - onto our bedding - & finally dome showed evident signs of giving way to the Warm fingers of approaching Spring.  These indications were enough put us on our guard.  A spot near by was at once selected for erecting a Tupik (Canvas on Skin tent) in place of an Igloo (snow hut).  While Sharkey remained to assist the female Innuits in raising Tupik as Koo-jes-se with dogs & sledge at VII AM started off for the open water for Sealing.  I took my position out in the free, warm, still, open air & commenced ^[[in this journal]] completed copying ^[[with pen]]] my notes that I had been obliged to make with pencil from the ^[[late]] constant cold weather Keeping in a frozen state my ink).    A few moment after vacating our Igloo, down it fell - dome & walls - in ruins ^[[as]] of^[[age]] marked.
Koo-jes-se returned VII-30 P.M.  Though he saw many Seals, Nowyers {[?ok-buns ?pigging ?owls)]] & Ducks yet he was unsuccessful in getting anything not a very encouraging matter in being able soon to make the trip I have referred to above.  It was my purpose to go to Kin-gaite to day but the unpromising state of the weather prevented.  I wish a fair day when I make my transit of the remainder portion of this Bay to Kin-gaite [[strikethrough]]we[[/strikethrough]] desiring to have & extensive view from Kin-gaite Mountains & take Sun Obs.
This Morning Koo-jes-se asked me if I would let Tu-nuk-der-lien
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Transcription Notes:
Igloo collapse on page 516 of Hall's book.