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Males
1959
Journal
70 miles in 1½ hours, [illegible] cutting + I recording
then headed to beach E. Africa for the
Walrus + Oqquh stranded there. These were
reported by Tom Sovabile who found them
yesterday. Took the boat down partway
but the wind—still from NE + strong—
forced us to leave it on a mud bank
in the delta. Walked about 4 miles down
beach. Found one dead Ringed Seal,
a dead baby Walrus, + a dead Oqquh. The
Oqquh had been shot in the head + skull
smashed. We removed head of ringed seal—a large, old, specimen. Also took the
walrus head, the fondest meat I've ever
seen.
Out back to Tent a little after 8 PM.
Saw Dvory Bull along beach, my
first in all the time I've been in the
north.
Aug 1—Pitkanger Pine, Alaska.
[illegible] Did little today slept
help clean out the tent, boil out + clean the
walrus head + the ringed seal head. In
the evening went for a long walk to beach +
a mile or more down. No new carcasses
have come in. Picked up a piece of plywood + hinged it back, also the fox head I
left to dry on one of the shrubs.