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team for a little exercise for them. Ashpalah
and Mltak both tried to catch him, but
altho they wielded the whip vigorously
Mac soon got so far ahead of us
that he was lost to view in the
rough ice around Dog-Biscuit Point.
He sure has a splendid team.
Sat Jan 31-14.
After breakfast this morning we
cleared the main room and improvised
in it an operating room. Nevetanguah,
Kanga's koonee was the proposed victim
of Doc's relentless knife, - but Doc
soon made the unhappy discovery that
she was suffering from cancer, for
which he was powerless to help her.
It was the intention for me to
go to Annaratak in charge of eight
men carrying loads of provisions, but
on account of the wind the trip was
postponed.
Sun Feb first, 14.
Charged the storage battery
today, running eight hours at
light load.
Mac called us all in his