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from time to time with the .shifting of the wind. A hunter usually 

 goes with a dog team and sled, dragging behind a •' trailer" for his 

 game. However, some j^oung men who have not a dog team and sled 

 trudge along many a mile, bringing their game back on a "' trailer," or, 

 as is frequently the case, dragging it b\' means of ropes on the ice and 

 snow. The old men and small boys frequentlv tish through holes 

 in the ice. 



March 8: School. —10^.-5^; northeast wind, strong: clear morn- 

 ing and evening. Began to compose an itinerary of the voyage on the 

 Dd Norte. 



March 9: School, —10-; northeast wind, strong; clear. 



March 10: School. —10-; northeast wind, strong; clear. 



March 11: Saturday. —10^; northeast wind, light; clear. 



March 12: Sunday school. —16-, 0^; a blizzard from northeast. 



March 13: No school. 0-^, 30-^; north and northeast winds, very 

 strong. Snowed all dav- Great change in temperature during twenty- 

 four hours. Abrahamsen shoveled snow. Only one pupil, Wamhone, 

 presented himself at school, and I dismissed him with a compliment. 



March 11: School. 31-, 35-; southeast wind, very strong; snowed 

 all day. For the second time since the winter set in the thermometer 

 registered to-day above freezing point. Only a very few scholars and 

 did not think it wise to hold an afternoon session. 



March 15: School. 30^, 32^: northeast wind, light; snowed until 

 evening. A number of schoolboys were absent in canoes hunting, 



March 16: School. 25^,30*^; southeast and south winds, moderate. 

 Snow Hurries. 



March 17: School. 30-; south and southeast winds, moderate; snow 

 flurries. Many boys were absent from school shoveling snow. 



March 18: Saturday. 30'-'; south and southeast winds, strong; 

 snowed all day. Open water near the shore on the west side. 



March 19: Sunday school. 31-, 32^; southeast gale; snowed all 

 day. Spoke about the giving of the Ten Commandments. Attended 

 to some sick folks. 



March 20: School. 32-"; southwest and southeast winds; moderate; 

 snowed morning and evening. The attendance at school has of late 

 been very small. Dispensed with afternoon session. 



March 21: School. 32-^, 31-^; southwest wind, quite strong; snowed 

 all da3^ The conditions of wind, water, and snow have been unfavor- 

 able for many days to hunting. The hunters were obliged to keep in 

 their houses. 



March22: School. 31-; southwest wind, strong; snow flurries. The 

 sky has been overcast during many days past. The weather reminds 

 one of the gloomy days of December. On account of the small 

 attendance I decided for the remainder of the term to omit the after- 

 noon session, and thus give emphasis to the morning- period. The 

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