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Captain laments because (209
people think that he knows more than
he really does know, while Jot is
sore because people do not give him
credit for knowing one half as much
as he does know. Extremes met and
phook hands over the difference.
2 March. Friday_
13, N 77; C4, E6; 13, S 5 5; 13, S 2 3; 13, N 24 Ar -18.96
-18; -19.5; -20; -19.2; -18.1 Min -20.9; Max -10.8
Three mile walk at midday. Across
fjord. Wind strong and keen, but
not nearly so bad as it was yester-
day and there was practically no
drift.
Sammik and Ahwegeak each
got a rabbit to-day and each
brought us one half of his animal.
If Sammik had brought us
the whole of his, then all of the oths
would have been needed in the
igloo and Ahwegeah would
have had nothing with which to
trade for tobacco rc! The boys who
work for us have a hard time of it
trying to do their duty by us and
at the same time keep in with
the Eskimos. Often our boys are
forced to let other men kill game,
when the chance is really for ours,