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ed sheets of light gray blottingpaper (113
on the ceiling and dark gray on the
walls. Suites are decorated with some
of Jot's colored drawings of schooners
and Estuaries' (Oodie & Kahda) pencil
drawings of Kanatiks, igloos etc.
18 October. Wednesday.
8a, 1°; 12m, 1°; 4h, 1°; 8h, -8°; 12h, -1°. Min -2
O,E6; H,E6; O,E4; O,N E3; H,N E4. Max 1
So busy moving seismograph into perma-
nent quarters that I did not get outdoors
at all, the day being furthermore blustery.
Captain Corner leveled off the floor (ground)
then he and Mac lined the room with an
old tape lining, Mac determined the
meridian line for me and then the two
carried the seismograph frame in. Captains
and I leveled up the frame and Jot adjusted
the heavy mass and I put on the arms to
the iron sub-bases rest on frozen gravel and
are imbedded in the same material.
My own room seems large now, with the
seismograph gone from it.
Kahda and Megissu came in to play
cards with me. They are interesting children,
particularly the boy. They were afraid that
the evil spirit was outside, so Kahda pro-
posed that he sleep with Mac and Me-
gissu with me, but they finally went
home.
19 October. Thursday
8a, -4°; 12m, -1°; 4h, -1°; 8h, -2; 12h, .5; min -59
13,N14; H,N E3; H,N E3; H,N E3; H,N E3 Max -1°
Got seismograph mechanism to run-
ning to-day, by removing all the oil from