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--FOREVER.
Friday October 16 - 1914
And still it blows! (several times around)
Today is of great importance to our life here: this afternoon Jane came out on the ice + had quite a visit with us. With him were about twenty dogs, the cattle of the village left over cringles from other towns and various pigs.
We learned that Art + Jack were back after a hard trip. Art went his usual all luck had shot nothing, and Tank had gotten lost this month. The consolation of having killed a caribou.
Although it is not really winter yet, that is the temperatures are not much below zero we have great hopes of seeing the ice remain.
I killed a deer from the woods today + I got him in the flatter but was glad enough to get in again. There was no chop to the meat but the breeze made working hard and my hands were soon numb. I don't think I shall continue out in that little shell again x It does not dry.
Jane is making plans for the spring trip. He is not going to leave on Nov 1, as he planned but will wait by getting Peter Frencher to come my way.
The comet is more brilliant than ever and comes closer.
We feared not from now that our clock gaining rapidly Today the sun did not get above the Cape (Captain Alice clips)