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frost last night. The usual Sunday service and school. Aslak saw the 

 stray deer near the first camping i)lace in the fall. 



May 27, 1805. — Clear, with a light northwest wind, veering to north- 

 east j light frost last night; +30° to +42o. Johann, Frederick, Mikkel, 

 and Wocksock went for logs again to-night. Kummuk returned 

 to-night. The herd is now near the last camping place. Martin came 

 in with Kummnk. A yearling cow brings forth a stillborn fawn. 

 Light frost in the night. 



May 28, 1895. — Strong northeast wind, clear and bright; +45°. 

 Samuel, wife and child, and Martin went to the deer camp to-night. 



May 29, 1895. — Clear, with a light north wind; — 52°. Frederick, 

 Mikkel, Johann and Aslak, Moses, and Kummuk went after logs late 

 last night and are to make another trip again to-night. 



May 30, 1895. — Clear, with a light north wind. The log cavalcade 

 came home about 2 a. m. and left again at 4 a. m. Light frost; +52° at 

 noon. 



May 31, 1895. — Clear, calm; light frost in the night; +54° at noon. 

 The log party returned to-night; they have brought some very nice 

 logs. Salting seal blubber and drying the skius have been the order of 

 the day for the Eskimo herders for two days. 



June 1, 1895. — Overcast, with strong north-northeast wind. Early 

 in the morning we got letters from Mr. Lopp. Per and Ahlook arrived 

 from the herd. Per reported 131 fawns living and 13 dead, of which 9 

 were from the yearling cows. 



June 2, 1895. — Clear and bright, with a strong north-northeast wind 

 all night and day. Sunday services, but no Sunday school, as most of 

 the herders were out. The toothache is making the station a much- 

 felt call. 



June 3, 1895. — Clear, with a light west wind; heavy frost last night. 

 Per and Aslak went out to the herd; Frederick and Wocksock picked 

 moss. 



June 4, 1895. — Clear and bright, with a breath of wind from west. In 

 the afternoon a cold, chilly fog came in from the northwest. A little 

 cleaning up around the house was indulged in. 



June 5, 1895. — Clear, bright, and calm. Toward night it clouded up 

 from the south, with a little wind. Aslak came home with 7 deer, to be 

 used in hauling logs. 



June 6, 1895. — Overcast and calm, with a few drops of rain. Wock- 

 sock, Kummuk, Frederick, Aslak, and Thorwald Kjellmann went after 

 logs. In the evening Jenny Kjellmann celebrated her sixth birthday 

 by inviting her neighbors to supper. 



June 7, 1895. — Cloudy, with showers all night and day; calm, and at 

 times foggy. The log party returned at 9 a. m. Brevig and Thorwald 

 Kjellmann went out for logs in the evening. 



June 8, 1895. — Calm and foggy, rain and cloudy. The Alaska sum- 

 mer is here in all its abundance of rain and fog. Brevig and Kjellmann 



