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noses into the stern of the boat. If they filled or capsized, it would 

 have been necessary to cut them adrift. 



When about half-way between the Crystal Palace Cliffs and 

 Cape Kendrick, E-took-a-shoo's kayak filled. One hundred yards 

 further Arklio's turned bottom up. Fortunately, here the sea was 

 not heavy, which enabled me to work slowly deep into Pandora 

 Harbor, where we are now trying to dry out. Our only loss is a 

 pair of bearskin pants out of a kayak. 



Since there was a large amoimt of water in our boat, our brant 

 geese, wliich we had captured alive and were taking to Etah, were 

 right in their element, but our nestlings, geese, ducks, and gulls, 

 were actually drowned. 



It was with a very secure feeling that we lay in our tent that 

 night, listening to the roar of the wind over the top of the high hills 

 bordering our retreat. A cessation of the wind enabled us to reach 

 home in the morning without further incident. 



From now on it was rush, rush, rush. Everything 

 must be packed for transportation to New York. The 

 relief-ship was expected at any minute, and then there 

 was always the uncertainty of her arrival, prompting 

 us to work night and day for eggs, birds, walrus, and 

 seal for the following winter. Our natives killed and 

 cached seventy-five walrus during July and August. 

 One walrus had three tusks, exciting considerable curios- 

 ity and interest, as they had never seen one like it 

 before. 



On August 9th a large polar bear appeared, swim- 

 ming across the harbor, an especially gratifying sight, 

 since a few weeks previous, upon developing negatives 

 of my spring trip, I discovered that many of them were 

 light-struck, due to a small pinhole in the bellows of 

 my 3 A. Mr. Bear came to Etah expressly to be photo- 

 graphed, and behaved exceedingly well. His perfect 

 adaptation to his environment was well marked. He 

 was a beautiful swimmer, both on the surface and be- 

 low, and a most graceful diver, rolling his back out of 

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