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[[boxed]] Que-jine 2d encamp 9th Day out [[/boxed]] Wednesday Apr, 9th 1862 AM +9[[degree symbol]] N.E. Fresh thick weather No Sun M +12[[degree symbol]] N.W. " " " " " [[dittos for: Fresh thick weather No Sun]] PM +4[[degree symbol]] N. W. Light Fair As my 4 Greenlanders have not made their appearance I sent Sharkey off to Oo-pung-ne-wing at h VIII - m 00 A.M. He took the 4 dogs remaining & sledge. He is to be back to-night. I wrote a note to Lamb [[strikethrough]] in the case [[/strikethrough]] (in case he had gone out with the natives Walrusing [[strikethrough]] to Smith[[guess]] [[/strikethrough]] the same note to be responded to by Smith) that if my 4 "Greenlanders" had not made their appearance at Oo-pung-ne-wing, to obtain 4 other dogs of the natives there - also requested him to send me piece Salt pork & that Capt. B. would replace the same & justify the act as soon as he learned of the fact. Capt. B. offered me this article but I did not think to bring along any. It is wanted to season the fresh meat I eat - Walrus & Seal. I start this morning to explore the Bay by wh. we are encamped 2d Enc. At VIII - 00 AM started on my trip up this Inlet As there was no prospect of having Sun for Meridian obs for Lat. I did not take along my Artificial Horizon. The travelling was good except at the head of the Inlet where the snow had no been so impacted by the winds as otherwheres. I found [[end page]] [[start page]] [[boxed]] 1862 Apr 9th Wedns [[/boxed]] the inlet to be miles deep [[strikethrough]] outsid[[guess]] [[/strikethrough]] & from miles wide, its trend from the sea on East side from where I took obs for Lat. coming up from Oo-pung-ne-wing to where it makes an abrupt turn As will be seen from the Log Book ? Chart the Inlet is winding in its course to the head of it. Owing to the thick weather until about 4 PM strange as the snow upon wh I & "Henry travelled - the consequence was we got many a fall from the snow wreaths in our day's walk. When the Sun came out all these obstacles were removed, each rift of the snow being distinctly visible. Where all is one uniform white & the air is [[strikethrough]] filled with [[/strikethrough]] hazy, one cannot have till [[?]]ing uneven snow from from a perfect even surface At 12 M. when about 2/3 up the Inlet the wind shifted from N.E. to NW blowing strong & cutting. - As I wished to get a sight from a high point to discover how much farther the Bay extended, I turned our course to the land on W. Side. On making land at the point perfectly shielded from the wind I proposed to lunch. Seating ourselves of a huge snow drift [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] filling a ravine, I unbagged lumps of pemican, fragments of seal, bread & a portion of now frozen Walrus. On these we made an excellent dinner. Following this we called into requisition the [[underlined]] Vade Mecrum [[/underlined]] of an Arctic traveller tobacco pipe filled ^[[with a]] well known weed fired. After making certain or uncertain numbers of puffs amid the snows, we commenced climbing the mountain side. The 1st rise very steep - when it became more gradual on making top of mountain. I discovered that the head of the Bay did not terminate where I supposed. No less than
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