8 December. Friday. (144 3,0; 13,0; 13,N1; 13, 82; 13,6 av.-7.54° -8°; -8°; -10.6°; -2°; -9.10 Min -12°; max +4° Nucaqpingwah and Ooblooyah arrived this morning having come through from Igloodahanne (55 ± miles) in the march. The ice is in exception- ly fine condition now. Sigdly has lost his right foot and wjured his back through from a glacier near Kangardlooksuah. He mashed the foot so severely that Dr. Hunt, who was hurriedly gotten up from Domanah, took it off at the ankle. Sigdly is at the missionary house and is recovering. able to sit up now. Early this afternoon I took my usual four-mile walk, this time crossing the fjord and circling westward in the return. Magnificent weather. Nucaqpingwah papered the ceiling of my room with seismograph paper this afternoon, to its great improvement in illumination and cheerfulness. This evening he has started for Littleton Island after eggs although he has slept but little to-day and his dogs have not had the rest that they should have had after their journey hither. 9 December Saturday. 13,N1; 13,N1; 13, N22; 13, N2; 13,N3 av. -7.02° -8°; -10°; -6°; -6.2°; -4.90 min -12°; max -1° Writing letters. Did not go walking.