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Thursday, July 7. I determined to take advantage of the 

 fine weather we are havino- and get rid of some washing to- 

 da_\-. I also put Noyah, Mane's little one, in the tub and gave 

 her a good scrubbing. She actually looked quite cute, and 

 after getting over her surprise at being plunged into the water, 

 enjoyed it, laughing and splashing. It seems odd to see the 

 children so backward. This child, who is already two years 

 old, has just begun to stand alone, and in all other respects 

 she is like a child at home of ten months or a year. M'gipsu's 

 baby is a year old, but in size and mental development com- 

 pares with a five-months-old white baby. To-night we finished 

 taking the photographs and measurements of the Eskimos. 



Sunday, July 10. The day has been bright, warm, and 

 sunny. At eight o'clock this morning the thermometer in 

 the sun registered 92°, and still it would be called a cool, 

 pleasant day at home. The doctor tore down the shed back 

 of my room in order to give the sun a chance to melt the ice 

 and dry the things under it. 



Ikwa killed an " oogzook " this morning while out in his 

 kayak. It took three men all day to bring in the skin and 

 part of the carcass. Ikwa says he has to divide the skin 

 among all the men in the settlement, even Kyoshu the cripple 

 coming in for a share. It is the rule that every animal killed, 

 larger than a seal, must be divided among all the men in the 

 community, regardless of their share in the securing of it. 



Monday, July 11. When I awoke this morning I heard 

 Matt and the doctor talking very earnestly, but could not 



