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angle and then ended after a four mile straight stretch. As at Ryan's, 

 the bay shoaled gradually and we anchored in 4 fathoms almost a 

 mile from the shore. There were about half a dozen seal abou't and 

 we amused ourselves taking pot shots at them until lunch. 



Everybody but Terry and myself went ashore and each took a val- 

 ley of which there are four. Bob and John fished. Bart walked along 

 with Jack in a northerly direction. Oily went NW and Johnny W. 

 Terry and I just finished up Jack's baking and washed the dishes. 

 We then took a plankton haul with the help of the "Evinrude" and 

 had only just finished when Woody came back having collected 

 about all there was. The others straggled in until supper time having 

 seen nothing but one red fox. Poor Johnny, who had taken the dory 

 ashore as he was going to the opposite side from the others, found 

 his boat high and dry. He claimed he did not want to take the re- 

 sponsibility of dragging it over the rocks to the water. Anyway four 

 men went ashore and had some trouble carrying it the necessary 130 

 yards. This shows how much more tide there is here than below at 

 Nachvak. 



During the afternoon the fog had lifted a little but it was as bad 

 as ever again this evening. As yet we have seen nothing higher than 

 1500 ft. in the bay. The clouds and mist have always covered the 

 higher cliffs and hills. I noticed, however, that the country is more 

 rolling and the hills more rounded. The rock also in places is light 

 gray. There are also some of the same black patches. A very clear 

 wave-cut terrace about 200 ft. high can be seen from the schooner. 



I Position Anchored in Ekprtiarsook 

 Monday, August 3 oth < Weather Fog and rain 



I Wind East 



FOG, rain and east wind. How the weather can turn right back 

 to an easterly after just getting over a spell of it, is hard to see. 

 All hands spent the morning reading or chart making. At lunch time 



