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as cold if not colder, but I was
too tired + shivering to take tem-
perature before it was too dark
to get reading.
Janching was an hard and
shoved me all the boxes that he
and Junggebs had brought
down. Met Ewidloo, who seem-
ed to recognise me + be glad
to see me. She is sister to Man-nyglov + Owktania.
Janchingway + Tongqing have
a big igloo together with two windows
in its front. It is abt 25 feet long
by 11 wide and seems like a town
hall in comparison with the usual
igloo. Single stick of 5 in timber from
its ridge pole, which is one foot clear
above the floor. The flame from four
large copper koodlas made the
room very light and almost un-
comfortable warm - ceiling +
roof is of boards covered with turf
etc. walls of stone, floor of boards.
Quite a palace. Tongqing's wife,
an at Oomanyap. Eighteen adults
+ children were in here this evening
without overcrowding. My friends
will be a mixed crowd. They see me
eating from the walrus with delight.