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Thursday April 9th
30th day
A day in camp... sleep, turn
over and sleep. We all
shivered all night-long. I
think it was because our
clothes were driven so full
of snow yesterday. Tonight- we
are dry and should be more
comfortable.
I Pee-ah-wah-to has just
brought in the largest hare
I have ever seen and also
reports tracks of musk-rat.
So we are still in the land
of plenty. E - has gone back
and I am sure will come
home with something.
Talk with P as to which
the Eskimos preferred, winter
or summer.
Friday April 10th
31st day
Again we get it hard. The
worst day we have had -
snowing, blowing, drifting.
We are in a hole in the
snow tonight at the base of
a high cliff. Do not know
where we are yet as we