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SPENCER’S JOURNAL 
June 24 , Monday . Cold night, freezing, no wind. Morning 
drawing chart, and early part of afternoon. Guanaco ‘pie’ 
for almuerza; nothing special about taste, might have been 
beef. Everything frozen. Clothes on line stiff and stark; 
arms of shirts and legs of trousers stand out stiffly. Domingo 
carrying up the laundry all frozen; made a remarkable look¬ 
ing bundle of great size. Has to be thawed out. 
Bought three small otter skins from Cristophersen, who 
with Ascencio leaves for Ushuaia to-morrow. (According to 
Kwan, Yaghan name for large otter is se-dn , and for small 
otter—Cape Horn—is le-dt .) 
Something has gone wrong with their magneto, so they 
will have to row and sail, but there is no wind. 
Jean and Ken had one and a half hours with the two 
Mrs. Domingos. Got three baskets, two close-w r oven, one 
loosely. Kwan made otter-skin sling, but not a good one; 
used string instead of sinew. Domingo and boy off in his 
canoe to bring in the rest of the guanaco shot by Claude. 
Two hours good rowing and more in their canoe. 
(From B , collected by Miss Hamilton.) Stab, basket, close- 
woven; kai-ickiy basket, open-woven; mdp-piy rushes; qiid 
(kiwa)y awl; bdnukkay snow; stai (sty)y frost; bdlukkay rain. 
June 25, Tuesday . Freezing night. Cristophersen and 
Ascencio left at 10 a.m. in small boat. Had to row, as 
engines had gone wrong. Intended to spend night at Piedro’s 
(Piedro Basuoldo of Hoste Island, B ) en route to Ushuaia. 
Spent day writing and drawing chart. Bright afternoon but 
north-west wind. 
June 26, Wednesday . Freezing night. Bright sunshine, 
but freezing all day in shade. No wind. Three bullocks 
killed for Ushuaia. Afternoon walked with Jean to point in 
snow. All snow coated with snow crystals. The whole river 
and coast line was frozen. All pools frozen over. Shells 
firmly embedded in frozen sand. Horses kicking up snow 
