Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by American Museum of Natural History Library.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
534
else she wanted. She said that
she hardly knew, because she
had not done much for us. [Only
eight or ten days of solid work perhaps!]
He asked about cloth for anoraks.
Oh, yes, she would like some, to make
one for herself and one for Merker.
I promised to send it from Upen-
mirsk or by the new ship. [It
takes 2 1/2 yds. of gingham for the
adults' size.] This gave her an idea
and she said that she would like
a shirt for her husband, Pudhlak.
I asked whether one that I was
wearing would answer the pur-
pose. Oh yes that would be fine.
Thus the matter was settled and
she would not ask for more,
being well satisfied. Then I gave
her a cake of the scented toilet
soap, which pleased her greatly.
I was glad to note her thoughtful-