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then very confident they would
be reached in time.

I have not concluded, even
as Mr. Noice wished to impress
on every body, that Mr Lorne and
Mr. Maurer, were unintelligent.
However I was much relieved
to know that Mr. Maurer had written
his wife, that an umiak was
taken from Nome, as he, if any
would have paid particular
attention to carrying one. Over-
confidence was shown when
they failed to purchase one in
East Cape. But, I know these
men to be intelligent, your choice
of them proves that. Not anyone
is immune to mistakes.

I have a Photo of the party on
Wrangell Island, the possesion
of which I will tell you about,
which was taken summer of '22