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"[illegible]" to top of highest
cliff above us. To our
surprise three musk oxen
were calmly sleeping in
the sun, after building
the igloo the boys took
one dog and went up.
Soon I heard the
reports of their rifles and
saw one big bull come
trundling over the cliff.
They found two others
so they killed 5 in all.
Ready of meat again
for dogs and men.
Thursday, March 16th
Eureka Sound
16th day
We are certainly in a
land of plenty. Last night
3 musk oxen and a wolf.
Today one white fox and
three Arctic hares. He-foo-sha
slave has his eye on the
other fox which is eating
dried up where the boys
shivered the musk oxen.
One rabbit came to life