Field Notebook: Greenland 1987a
Page 86
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The wreath clean towards from retroll and an one now in to Chupuan all between its mumum land prints and Islands the sun is brilliantly reflects from the water and it is quite warm. Hund- reds of terns are fishing and screaming loudly thrilling to scare us. An elderly small innuit speaks some English and shakes our hands as soon as we step on shore. He tells us that he and his son and another man are to go with us to Atanekluak. He knows all the good places. The pastor has evidently arranged all this for us. We retire at 10.30 P.M. Punctuate for Microna plant tribe, Aug 22-97. Sunday. Kougouake. Had breakfast at 7.30. Write a letter to Sir Knutson of which there is $ and helped g Kroner in payment for the two extra days for thous men. Then called on the governor of the place and paid him $1 kronen in payment for 14 days going and returning at 1/2 kronen per day. The little innuit was my