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with Peter Koch to the Cap Is., while (36
the rest went up Wostenholme Sound
after the narwhals which Ek & Dv
saw last evening. The roofing job
has been deserted, three-quarters done, and
tools and lumber dropped there last held.
2 August. Wednesday.
Heavily overcast and thick. Strong easter-
ly gale (7-8) began to blow about 4 a.m.
and raged with but little moderation
all day. The spruce was flying thick-
ly off and beyond Petorik Point,
which is at the mouth of the valley
down which we came from the Ice cap.
Temp. 8a. 36½°; 12m. 38½°; 4p. 38½°; 8p. 37½°
Egingwah and the others who went after
narwhals returned last night, hav-
ing had no success.
This has been a stormy, disagreeable