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mere confirmed the truth of the rumor[119]
that Alakotiak [not Alakutsiak as
Peter calls it] has gotten married. The
boy has gotten a walrus, so that he is in
comfort on his honeymoon living
at Karrak, I understand.
27 April Thursday.
clear overhead but lower air thick
with driving snow. S.E. wind began
to blow heavily about 4 a.m. and was a -
bour 4 of Beaufort scale at 9 a.m. accord-
ing to H.C.P. To the landsman the wind
seemed stronger than a "moderate breeze"
Wind decreased in afternoon + there were
some high cirro-stratus clouds in the sky.
overcast + rather thick at 4 o'clock
Temp. min.+2;9a.+4°;12m.+6½;4h+9°;6½+9°
On board on account of wind till
after dinner, they went out for a tour
(3 mi) around head of bay, the wind