SCHAROK AGAIN 



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We were back at our fire on the sands by 11 p.m. 

 and after eating the bean goose lay down to rest. 



SAMOYED BELT, WITH KNIFE, 

 FLINT-POUCH AND HONE-CASE 



July 27th. — I woke at 3.30 a.m. to find a north-east 

 wind and freezing fog. After a good long- walk alono- 

 the sands, during 

 which I saw many 

 brent and many san- 

 derlings, I returned 

 at seven and woke 

 Hyland, and back we 

 walked to the boat. 



We had anything 

 but an easy time of 

 it getting home ; and 

 had I not recorded 

 the bearings very carefully when we came out we should 

 have got into a mess. Any one who has tried to navigate 

 the creeks in an unknown estuary with tide at ebb 

 knows what that means. 



On our return I reproached myself much for having 

 taken Hyland out when I heard him say, 'Well, sir, I do 

 feel bad. My back is all aching, and the pain shoots all 

 about.' I imagined it was liver, so sent him to bed 

 with physic. At 4 p.m. I went up to Hyland's hut. He 

 was fast asleep. When I visited him again at 6 p.m. he 

 woke up at my entering, and said he was worse. 



However, I made him eat when I had cooked a brent 



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