26 December, Tuesday 4,N3; S, N3; S, N3; S, N3; O, N2 13 av. - 21.5 - 24; - 21; - 18; - 22 - 22.5. Min - 28; max - 15.8 Took my two mile walk between 2 & 3 p. m. Dark and not very pleasant, tho' there was very little wind and the snow did not a - mount to anything. Had long talk with Mac between noon and 2 p. m. about expedition affairs. He professes the most complete devotion to the interests of the Museum and associ- ated institutions with reference to the ex- pedition and its affairs activities. He thinks that I was hasty with refer- ence to the furskins but he promises full help to enable the Museum and me to keep the promises made to Rasmussen and his committee. He says (with much apparent correctness) that he has been grossly misrepre- sented by the members of his staff with reference to the number of fox- skirts acquired by him and the man- ner in which they were gotten. I said that he ought then to insist on retrac- tions by the men. He charges Peter with much wilful misrepresentation of the expedition and his (Mac's) dealings with the eskimos; according to Mac's statements, Peter must have misrep- sented, or at any rate greatly, misunderstood me too. Mac's reports about what our men have said about my dealings and statements do not accord with my own recol- lection of the facts. Parts of conversa- tions seem to have been reported out of connection with their context and therefore in a wholly misleading way. Mac claims that 60 of the foxskins