26 January, Friday. (178 0, N x 7; 0, N x 5; 0, N 6; C2, N 5; B, N x 5 8; 15; 5; 5.5; 5.8 min - 1/2 max 19.2 av 7.86 Up to Pee-wah-ton's Point about midday. Last nights strong wind blew all or almost all the new snow out of the fjord and the walk- ing is fine once more. Found the frozen body of one of Mac's purps that he lost a fortnight ago and brought it in. The skin will make good mittens and the rest good dog food. Calm or very little wind beyond our ice gorge. Following Mac's example, I have fitted a lantern globe to my old lamp and am getting better lights this evening than I have had for several weeks from the lantern that I have been using. saw never today for first time in many weeks. Two or three days ago Mac cut a hole through the outer (S.W.) wall of the old dark room and moved his transit in from the snow igloo (ig-loo-ee-an) under the bank, which has become useless through caving of the roof and damage by dogs. This evening he got his first observations from Lavender hue the new observatory now in sky