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18 November. Saturday.
13, NE 5; C4, NW 4; O, NE 6; O, NE 7; B, NE 6
8a, -13°; 12m, -15.3°; 4h, -13°; 8h, -11.8°; 12h, -11.1mi -16.
Still busy on letters. Too many!
Two mile walk on bay. Wind strong
in gusts.
19 November. Sunday
0, NE 4; O, NE 5; O, NE 4; B, NE 4; O, N4
8a, -11°; 12m, -9°; 4h, -8; 8h, -9; 12h, -9.5° min -13°
Still more letters.
Out across fjord - Two mile walk.
Wore Kooltah, which protected my face
from the wind.
Captain Corner furnished some ex-
citement this morning at break-
fast. He took Lizzie, We-We's 8-2mo.
old baby, in his arms as usual and
sat down again at table, but the
legs of the chair spread apart and
let him down gently onto his
back on the floor. His only con-
cern was for the child, but she was
not hurt, only scared. Jot said
that the Captain's belly rose like a
certain round hill near Prov-
incetown and that Lizzie was like
a little sand dune beside it.
We We said that the Captain was
trying to get into the oven but
was too big. Every body laughed but
Captain and Lizzie, and she soon
stopped her crying and was all
smiles again as usual.