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night in winter he slept here. He found one counter- 

 pane and a pair of man's trousers almost all the 

 clothing the children had, including the eldest, a girl 

 of fourteen. These had to stay indoors, of course, 

 all winter. 



W. T. G. 

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S B . Seven children. Very poor, very 



naked, short of food, no apparatus to kill fish except 

 a few hooks. Miserable one-roomed hut. 



W. T. G. 

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E O . Wife and two undergrown boys; 



father has consumption. All very badly clothed ; not 

 a single flannel garment among them. No blankets ; 

 bedclothes in rags. One trout net; caught only 

 enough fish for their consumption. Nine quintals 

 last year, with which cleared part of his debt, and 

 got one barrel of flour and two pounds of tea for his 

 u winter diet." Shot some birds and one seal. Now 

 there is nothing but three pounds of broken biscuits 

 in the house. 



ELIOT CURWEN. 



