94 off the Expedition headquarters at Etah at 6:45 o'clock the same mom. ing. I found Messrs. Eskblaw, Tangway, Green and Allen at the house. Messrs. Mac Millan and Small were at Nerke, forty miles south of Etah, hunting walrus for dog food. Dr. Hunt had left 24 hours before my arrival for a two or three week absence hunting caribou in the country east of Etah. All hope of the arrival of a ship this year had been given up two or three weeks before my arrival, and prepar- ations were being made by the party for a third winter in the arctic. A mes- senger was despatched immediately for Dr. Hunt, in the hope that he might be overtaken at his first camp, but the mission was unsuccessful. The Expedition headquarters is a convenient house and there was a reasonable supply of provisions on hand to enable the men to remain over with conservative use of the food, in connection with the fresh meat which had been and could be se- cured by hunting. There was plenty of fuel and oil for all purposes.