18 September, Monday. 12, 19° [illegible] 96 Temp. 8a. 17°; 12m. 16½°; 4p. 18½°; 8p. 18° max. 20° Here begin true minimums for the calendar day. But began Nearly cloudless in morning, but began to cloud up soon after noon and by 4 p.m. was mostly overcast. Snowing at 8p. Strong East wind (6) at 8 a.m. N.E. 4 at noon and N. 2 at 6 p. and later. Tried to get more Bervè' s but saw only 2 . They were fairly large but one was in bad condition and I had to throw it away. Real ice-foot began to form last night, Ice first incrusts the stones and bottom in upper part of tidal zone and then grows seaward & downward until its thickness is nearly equal to the average range of the tide. Climbed up nearly to top of Thermometer Hill (1200 ft.) About 700 ft. above the sea - the Gneiss gives place to Sandstone and quartzite. Many ripple marked layers in the SS. Above Provision Point there is a consid- erable area of the Gneiss which is well smoothed, grooved and striated by old glacial action, -- its first good example of this work that I have seen. From the high land I could see much floe ice northwestward toward Pin Island but there is none to the West, SW & S and not many bergs. There is nothing up this way yet to hinder the coming and going of a vessel. about 6 p.m. got Danika and Oodie came in from their hunting trip. They saw very few ducks, a few haws and no caribou. Lots of walrus from Sunrise Point north- ward. Snowing thickly about 8 o'clock if this keeps up so much slush will form that the food will freeze over.