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After cutting up both seal and walrus, jfive of the men decided to 

 continue on to Sutherland Island and to Etah before the wind 

 should prevent. The next morning we joined them at the island, 

 where we found them shooting ducks and collecting eggs. Kla- 

 shing-wa had six eggs of the brant for me. 



The night of the 2d was very windy, with heavy surf, so much 

 so, in fact, that I worried considerably over the safety of our boat 

 moored at bow and stern. A heavy swell prevented our attempting 

 to start until 6 p.m. on the 3d, and then not without some appre- 

 hension as regards the men in kayaks. They came along nicely, 

 however, riding like ducks. 



After rounding the cape we encountered a large herd of walrus, 

 which disappeared for some time, reappearing well to the west of 

 us. Soon a single one was seen. Oo-dee was persuaded to make 

 his first attempt, which I watched with interest. E-took-a-shoo ac- 

 companied him, encouraging and cheering him on. No sooner had 

 the iron left Oo-dee's hand when E-took-a-shoo threw, both getting 

 fast. Arklio gave him the finishing stroke with his .35 Winchester. 



What was apparently a difficult piece of work was easily and 

 quickly accomplished by ten of us in a very few minutes. An 

 Eskimo tackle was used in drawing him out of the water on to the 

 ice-foot, where he was cut up and thrown into the dory. 



Crossing now to the Crystal Palace Cliffs, we were fortunate in 

 harpooning two others. Here I was tempted to camp. We were 

 wet through, tired, and hungry. I knew, however, that Captain 

 Comer was anxious to get away on his digging trip; therefore we 

 pulled on to Etah, another six miles, with dory down to the gun- 

 wale. 



Noo-ka-ping-wa met us at the edge of the ice with dog-team, 

 informing us that all others were up the fiord after dovekies. 

 Working in a drizzling rain, we finally succeeded in getting every- 

 thing to the house over the broken ice. 



To our surprise, we learned that it was the 4th of July. Jot 

 went to bed, but I remained up thirty-six hours in order to be regular 

 in the future. 



This evening we fired a salute with our rifles in honor of the day. 



Tuesday, July 10th. — Clearing up at last. Shall get away for 

 Littleton Island and Now-yard-ee if weather permits, later in the 

 day. 



Saturday, July 28th. — From now on it is watch the south contin- 

 ually. Captain Hanson informed me that he would be here August 

 1st. Everything is packed and ready to go at any moment — over 

 200 boxes in all. 



