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needed to eat, together with Huffer -
First time for me on raw lin. not pork.
All right, when one is hungry.
Four igloos here + I am quartered in
that of Magnus, an energetic and an-
vicious young man - No board lining
to this igloo, merely walls of turf, sorted
over with turf resting on a few sticks
and plants. South floor: [illegible]
One cut window + one little one of a very
small pane of glass. Very unattractive
even as compared with the Cape York
district igloos as I know them - but
I presume that they are not as attractive
now as when weather is drawing near
as they were during the summer, when
the cold keeps down some of their bad
features - The seal was brought in and
Magnus' wife had it cut up and the
stom punched in short order. I had
some boiled seal meat + coffee for lunch.
The women were very grateful for the cup
of tea, sugar and bread that I brought them.
Cornelius is a very weak member of
the family but it seems best to keep him - In
fact I doubt whether I could do anything
else, for it is not likely that I could
get Magnus to go on in his place -
He scarcely keeps within hailing distance
when I am heading. Sanity is some
what better, perhaps -