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light - without hesitation or fear of burning
my hands I fired -

The first attempt failed to produce
a light but the luminous condition gave
me no further trouble - I saw as clearly
as if [by a] every object was [specially?]
lit up Handed the pistol to Petersen
obtained his flask rolled my paper
on the palm of my hand handed back
the flask - rolled the paper into a
cone filled it with moss. Corrected
Petersen two feet distant for cocking
the pistol in the wrong direction - and
then quietly took it and at once ignited
by tinder and obtained a fire - with
the first blaze I ceased to behold
the appearance. We were returned to the shelter of our [four boys?] but Petersen - During all this
period my exclamations were varied
- exciting the utmost astonishment in
Petersen who could not comprehend
the method by which I directed
him & took hold myself of the
delicate pistol - He would not [until] for
some hours after speak of what had occurred [the transaction]
and he then told me
that from the moment of my touching
hid hand he too had seen an illumination
which continued until overcome by
the light of the fire [but which] To him it assumed
no defined shape but [simply] enveloped
my hands - as such he judged them
from their movements -

As soon as the wind had
partially subsided we broke out and
tried the dogs towards Refuge Inlet -
but the poor wretches could not
surmount the hummocks and [as]
we saw ourselves forced necessity to save our [run?]