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52
Mon Nov 17-13.
I had the watch from four a m on
this morning and I had the pleasure of
cooking breakfast for Mac and the
Eskimos with whom he was going.
They left camp at about six thirty,
Mac riding with Panicpa - with whose team this was united, making
fourteen dogs in all pulling Panicpa's
komatik. Peowats had about ten
dogs. Neither komatik was heavily
loaded and they should make good
time today. The weather looked rather
threatening - the temperature had risen
from -16 to -3 between three and
seven a m, and it had snowed a
little, but the barometer was steady
and indications were that the storm, if
any, would not break today.
We amused ourselves today by
showing the Eskimos an electro magnet
and an arc light, and a small motor.
They were all "igniting" to them, but
yet they were not so surprised as I
had expected they would be.
Ok. Frank, I sorted out the
flour and dehydrated food today and,
after checking, found that there were