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[Margin:] Tuesday
June 13.

and exempt from hygienic rules - physic
or restraint - our one repartory and
hitherto worthless Goodfellow. It would
rejoice me for God's sake if he would
turn over a new leaf and buckle to
like a man.

Bill is better spirited he can take the
dog journey!

William Godfrey said that he was unable
to start this morning to continue
the search to the north west.

Although I am convinced that
this man is malingering I cannot
force him to a stop which desirable as
it may be to me might inspire
him against his reported wishes.
I never send a man upon a journey
unless by his full consent and the
secret of my success lies in this.
Every man is a volunteer.

This William is a bad non reliable
man - already in arrears - for unnatural
offences. He and John have done
more to disturb the efficiency and
comfort of the crew than scurvy,
darkness, and cold combined.
But we are all weak in health William
among the rest. I therefore said not
one word of reproof but opened to him
how much I lose by his not driving
to the absent party and left him
to his reflections.

Hans came in this evening with another
Reindeer - a good sized male. The antlers
were quite recent in growth - about 10 in
in height but not yet palmated. A
hairy pubescence completely covered them.