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20) 345-(17
145
2/3
15/3-
15
343
590 lbs of Gemmeican, 137'1/2
Pecan, 48 cans milk, (five
of which are condensed coffee)
5 lbs sugar . tea for
40 meals , and twenty four
gals. oil.
Our dogs are in fairly
good shape after covering the
345 miles at an average of
17 miles a day. Archie has thus
for sort- four and mean-
five - was one, two years
cago they hurt nearly all.
I can see North Cornwall
very clearly now that the sun
is working toward the north.
By the way it lies 45 miles
away. We cannot see Amund
Ringnes land . E-Val, ah-
two who stopped there on
his way south with Dr. Cook
tells me the coast is low-
therefore this may account-
for it. He also says they
camped here at the point.
at the northern end of
this land we killed caribou
which gave us fresh meat-
befre starting. If we could
only be to forewell- to