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miles west of the camp, and a small piece of black bread, as 

 well as a small tusk and a knee piece for a boat, fashioned 

 from a deer horn. The next morning we proceeded west 

 along the shore, the water being very shoal. We saw- 

 remains of several huts and quantities of driftwood. We 

 also saw lots of ducks and wild fowl, and Newcomb succeeded 

 in getting about six brace of ducks, which were very welcome. 

 That night we tried to land, but after several ineffectual 

 efforts gave up the attempt, as the water was too shoal for 

 our boats. 



The following is a detailed description of the boats, with 

 lists of persons attached to each : - 



FIRST CUTTER. THE CAPTAIN'S BOAT. Captain DeLong, 

 Dr. Ambler, Mr. Collins, Nindermann, Erickson, Gortz, Noros, 

 Dressier, Iverson, Ivaack, Boyd, Lee, Ah Sam, Alexai. 



Extreme length, 20 ft. 4 in,; breadth, 6 ft.; depth, 2 ft. 

 2 in., from top of gunwale to the top of keel ; clinker built, 

 copper fastened, inside lining; drew 28 inches loaded, and 

 had the greatest carrying capacity of the three ; fitted with 

 mast and one shifting lug sail ; pulls six oars, and was an 

 excellent sea boat. She had a heavy oak keel piece to 

 strengthen her in hauling over the ice, and it was retained 

 after reaching the water. She was fitted with weather claws 

 at Semenoffski Island, September llth, by Nindermann. 



SECOND CUTTER. Lieutenant Chipp, Dunbar, Sweetman, 

 Star, Warren, Kuehne, Johnson, Sharvell. 



Extreme length, 16 ft. 3 in.; breadth, 5 ft. 1 in.; depth, 

 2 ft. 6 in., from top of gunwale to top of keel ; clinker built, 

 copper fastened, a very bad sea boat; she was carefully fitted 

 with weather claws; had one dipping log sail and four oars. 

 She had not sufficient carrying capacity for Chipp's allow- 

 ance of provisions, so the captain had two extra tins of 

 pemmican in his boat when we separated. This is an 

 important fact, for Lieutenant Chipp must have run out of 

 food very quickly. 

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