Rock fragments on snow and ice are smutting rapidly. They form little puols about them. Picked a rock out of its nest & had a refreshing drink. Yesterday dog digging has sunk 2 - 3 inches into the snow. Hand birds - pleasant - Bumthys I suppose Many streamlets trickle dam cliff 7 May - 9x16-5. 4/75 Captain Pickels and crew of "Cluett" (except Charlie & Ralph?) 9x16-6. 4/75 Do with Charlie + Ralph 9x16-7-10 all 4/75 Men in groups of two each. 7 - capt. + mate. 8 - Norman + chuff. 9. Ben + Taylor. 10-Ralph + Mued 9x16-11-12 - 4/75 Crew - N.B. Promised copies to the men - 8 May. Extremely fine grained black basic (diabase?) dike in the gray hornblende- biotite gneiss at sea level about 1/2 mile west of Bigquech in the Bird Cliff. Sends out stringers into the gneiss which are rich or less in thickness and thin out.