(140) 2 December. Saturday. C3, SW3; 0, SW3; S, SE3; C8, NW2; C2, SW2 +6°; 7.5°; 8.9°; 9°; +9° min +1.1°; max 9.9° av. +7.7° Very dark all day. Captain saw moon in first quarter this afternoon - "Four mile walk - Pleahursts Point. Got in some work on "Cluett" article - Mac will have a pretty good defense to make against any charges made by Fitz or Tang regarding their work and the opportunities given for doing it. Fitz lay right down on the job, Mac says, and practically re- fused to do anything, claiming that he was under no obligation to the Expedition or the Museum since his salary was being paid by the Federal Government. Tang, according to Mac, was not interested in general zoology; was lazy about collecting and slovenly in caring for what he did collect or what was turned over to him as zoologist of the Expedition. Certainly Fitz did not do what was right about the seismograph, the mapping or the tidal magnetic observations or the tides. Mac showed me skins and bones supposed to have been cared for by Tang which were in irredeemably bad condition through some one's neglect or ignorance. Mac always acknowledges the good work done by EK and Jerome. Dr was always a kicker but all were bad at that. - Sump chimneys cracked -