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3 February. Saturday (185
13, N=6; 13, N=7; 13, N=7; 13, N=6; 13, N=6
-4,5; -4; -6; -6; -8,5 min -9, max +0,5 Av. -5,8
Two mile walk at midday. Crossed
fjord to points beyond Dog Island.
Found much stronger out in fjord
than at and near the house.
Accommodating way reports
hearing the wolf beside the igloo
just N.W. of the house last night.
Great speculation among the
natives as to who will get it.
Mac cleared the snow drift away
from the other dining room
window. It is pleasant to breathe
to see that there is daylight out
door, but we shall probably
notice a decrease in the warmth
of the room. Iot took out one of
the double windows and set a little
oil stove on the sill to keep the
frost off from part of the glass
so that we can look out.
The dogs seem to like to look in
too.
My pulse was 60 when I returned
from my walk. Now - 10.30 p.m.
it marks 50 again. I understand
that the Eskimos have slow pulses.
Etook a s'ooq, for example, 28 yrs old,
showing 50 at one time and 60 at another.
Sammik, 17 or 18 yrs old, has a pulse
of only 46 or 48. Mac does not