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No carping was given me a (W)
signed holder which he had carved
out of walrus ivory to-day. It represents
a polar bear on an ice berg (?) and is
cleverly done,
30 December, Saturday.
H, SW1; C2(H) SW1; 13, SW2; O, SW2!; O, SW3 av.-14.56
-14; -13.9; -15; -14.9; -15 . min -24.2 max -11.2
traced two miles across fjord between 2+3
p.m. Seems fine to have moonlight
again and it is a comfort to think
that when this moon wanes the day-
lighr will be getting pretty strong
and useful.
In the evening Mac and I over-
hauled and he classified the fox
skins in 6 of the boxes. There are
only 119 by count thus far. We are
departing them into three lots: a series
of 50 to illustrate variation in pelage
from blue to white, a reserve of 70
skins from which tab petaks may
be made if agreeable to K.R. to
modify the arrangement between
him and me, and a third lot
comprising the remainder of
our skins, which is to go to
Peter now.
Iot repeated a statement he made
some time ago.
Jot said this evening that
Mac left nine boxes of skins with
him in Feb., 1914, when the first
start for Crocker Land was made.