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[[strikethrough]] no [[/strikethrough]] view of the grandness of Kin-gaite Mountains of stone & ice. On arriving at a favorable point after winding my way arriving humucky ice wh. [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] always fills the channel by the Point of Que-jine & getting my Artificial Horizon carefully leveled & filled with mercury, I found I had not the colored glass wh. belonged to telescope of that Sextant it being in [[strikethrough]] no [[/strikethrough]] my large Sextant case wh. [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] upon the sledge, therefore I lost this opportunity for solar bearings & I took Meridional PM observations on my way up here - they will be found in my log book. On nearing Ming-u-toon (the rest of my company having preceeded me some 2 miles) I saw to my right in the distance another sledge. I was at the place where I took PM observations. [[?]] the 2 Innuits who were with the the sledge appeared [[strikethrough]] without [[/strikethrough]] the crossing of my course one of them hailed me. I responded with the same shout.
As the sledge arrived to the point where I was directing my steps it was stopped to await my coming up. I was delighted to find the parties to be my friends Ne-wat-che-ung & his wife There were especially pleased to meet & greet me. Their team of dogs numbered 10. The sledge had upon it one Ki-a complete & one of the full skelleton on frame of one. They had been up the Bay. I hope to explore to - morrow for there [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] men boats - I [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[?]] asked them when they were stopping - They said on one Island beyond Nou-yarn (Nou-yarn an Island extending  in line with the point on cape of Ming-u-toon [[strikethrough]] at the [[/strikethrough]] ^[[they]] called [[strikethrough]] by [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] An-ne-wee-tune I told them that in 2 days I hoped to come there. They replied that they were going to sta^[[r]]t Kou-put (to-morrow) to resume up the Bay. They said that all the Innuits had gone up except themselves & one other family & they go to-morrow. After a 15 minutes talk, giving 
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[[?one]] - watching a little to-bacco I bid them Tin-bon-e-tie & proceeded on my course while they started off on theirs toward the south end of Nou-yarn Island mine being to the N. end. While on our way up to-day, Koo-jes-se took off his seal dog & Sharkey his seeking here & there for seal igloos while the [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] women Innuits of my company & Henry kept by the sledge travelling toward this place. They found several seal igloos jumped into them but captured [[strikethrough]] N [[/strikethrough]] no seals.
At 3 P.M. the sun was really hot burning & [[underlined]] blinding [[/underlined]] with its dazzling glory. As I write (now XII [[strikethrough]] PM [[/strikethrough]] Midnight) my eyes are very painful from the effects of Sun & Snow. 
We arrived here at V PM - or rather the rest of the company & team 20 minutes before V & I V-30. Sharkey & Koo-jes-se had an igloo well on the way up when I arrived. I had not been here over [[?]] minutes before "Jennie" & "Bill" took a seal dog & went out sealing. In 5 minutes more we heard ^[[the]] loud & hearty laugh of Jennie. She cried out that "Bill" had caught a seal! Koo-jes-se & Sharkey dropped their snow-knives & saws leaped the walls of the partly erected igloo wh. they were building & hastened with speed toward "Bill" & "Jennie". [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/striekthrough]] Henry & I got the start of them & went ahead. On making a short distance in the race it occured to me that we had left all the walrus & other provisions exposed to the dogs. I directed Henry to return & look out for them. On getting to the [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] end of the race found Bill had beneath his feet a young seal "alive & kicking" Koo-jes-se at ^[[once]] [[strikethrough]] one ^[[ [[?]] ]] [[/strikethrough]] made fast to one of its hind flippers a line, & allowed the seal to reenter the igloo [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] where it was caught. This was novel work to me & felt so deeply interested that I watched intently every movement. The seal was perhaps some 2 or 3 weeks old & like all young seals was white not as white as untainted snow or a little of yellowish [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] white. While Koo-jes-se kept
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Transcription Notes:
"Nou-yarn" is mentioned several times in Hall's book