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Friday Mar 30.

This has been one of those days which leave for
the thouhgts of night time no pleasant recall,
listless, negative - and to an active mind,
depressing days. I write worn out with
real body labour - feeling as I supper a day
labourer must feel, and with just enough of
energy in me to feel is sympathy/ize for those whose
[?] is body labour - Petersen we sent after
birds and [?] and Bonsall worked at
the wood. My people are all the same -
no more changes for the worse, but all helpless
- all down, needing flesh and not strengthening
for the heavy labour so directly and soon ahead.

Petersen brings no birds. Hans still away.
Bonsall and self have just finished the
intestines of a Ptarmagan - I shared with
him and we sat as men eating for a duty.

Satur: Mar. 31.
Kane and Bonsall both better and
able to work again! This improvement
cheers me for a S.E. wind gave us this
morning a temporary warmth of -20^o
and the day has been one of clear sun
shine; it seems to me, therefore, that the
influence of the change of season must be
direct and beneficial - I feel the weather
in my present scorbutic state as sensitively
as a barometer - so do we all.

Petersen brought in Eight
Ptarmagan - the great number being probably due
to last nights warm wind - Feeling the importance
of strengthening the doubtful powers
of a few of the most convalescent of our
people. I dealt out, at once, a half bird
each. If I can raise one or two up to
such an extent as to make them aid the
rest a great load will be removed from
my mind - for I know not at what
moment Bonsall or myself may be