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down Stream and when the fish began to run out and the rod failed 

 to check him, stones carefully aimed soon turned him back up 

 stream. Once tired out the fish was pulled near the surface and his 

 head laid open with a well aimed rock. Even with this system they 

 lost one half. Again the fish simply refused to rise and had to be 

 jigged. 



It was Johnny's birthday so we had a banquet of ham. We ran 

 under power to a cove on the north side and near the mouth. A fish- 

 erman was anchored there and 20 Eskimos encamped. We learnt 

 that MacMillan had left only this morning for Seglek. Johnny traded 

 some tobacco for a pair of sealskin mits. 



While Bob was ashore talking (?) with the Eskimos, we fixed his 

 bunk in fine style. He was in the habit of cutting the lashings on 

 poor Mac's bunk to settle an argument. We fixed up the slats in 

 Bob's bunk so that by pulling a peg Terry could drop him onto the 

 floor. The pipe berth was made secure with wire. After dark Bob 

 was dropped out after suitable baiting and of course rushed at Mac 

 with a knife only to dull it on the wire. 



Position Section off Nachvak. 

 Thursday, August igth <( Weather Clear 



Wind Light northwest 



UP at six and got three kegs of water. Out under power at seven 

 and take station C directly off the cove and in center of bay. 

 The water half way down was — 1 .83°, a new low. It is very strange 

 how the water in here can be so much colder than the water further 

 out. The day was very clear but without wind. A little breeze blew 

 us out of the fjord but it soon left us and we had to steam to station 

 D. The next station required 10 miles of power and the next 15. 

 Still the water is comparatively warm ( — .8°). Either the current is 

 warmer up here or we are not in it yet. The water is only shoaling 



