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ounce of alcohol. Read divine service. Send Ninderuiami 

 and Noros ahead for relief. They carry their blankets, one 

 rifle, forty rounds of ammunition and two ounces of alcohol. 

 Orders to keep the west bank of river until they reach a 

 settlement. They started at seven. Cheered them. Under 

 way at eight. Crossed the creek. Broke through the ice. 

 All wet up to knees. Stopped and built fires. Dried clothes. 

 Under way again at 10:30. Lee breaking down. At one 

 struck river bank. Halt for dinner ; one ounce alcohol. 

 Alexai shot three ptarmigan. Made soup. We are follow- 

 ing Nindermann's track, although he is long since out of 

 sight. Underway at 3:30. High bluff. Ice moving rapidly 

 to northward in the river. Halt at 4:40 on coming to wood. 

 Find canal boat. Lay our heads in it and go to sleep. Half 

 ounce alcohol. Supper. 



MONDAY, Oct. 10th 120th day. Last half ounce of alco- 

 hol at 5:30. At 6:30 sent Alexai off to look for ptarmigan. 

 Eat deer skin scraps. Yesterday morning ate my deer skin 

 foot nips. Light southeast wind. Air not very cold. 

 Under way at eight. In crossing creek three of us got wet. 

 Built fire and dried out. Ahead again until eleven ; used 

 up. Built fire ; made a drink out of the tea leaves from 

 alcohol bottle. On again at noon. Fresh south-southwest 

 wind. Drifting snow. Very hard going. Lee begging to 

 be left. Some little beach and then long stretches of 

 high bank. Ptarmigan tracks plentiful. Following Ninder- 

 mann's track. At three halted, used up. Crawled into a 

 hole in the bank. Collected wood and built a fire. Alexai 

 away in quest of game. Nothing for supper except a spoon- 

 ful of glycerine. All hands weak and feeble, but cheerful. 

 God help us. 



TUESDAY, Oct. llth 121st day Southwest gale, with 

 snow. Unable to move. No game. Teaspoonful of glycer- 

 ine and hot water for food. No more wood in our vicinity. 



WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12th 122d day. Breakfast, last spoon- 

 ful of glycerine and hot water. For dinner we had a couple 

 of handsful of Arctic willow in a pot of water, and drank 



