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notice any difference in his C86
own pulse from what it is at home.
Nor does Captain Connor.
4 February. Sunday
13, E9; 13, E8; 13, E5; 13, E7? 13, N62 Ice 52"
-10; -10; -5; -3; -6. Min -10; Max -1
My midday walk was about 1 1/2 miles long,
and very laborious, the wind being strong
than on any day when I have been
out before. I kept near the north shore
intending to go across the fjord fur-
th-er up to Dog Island. But the gale
roared so fiercely out in the middle
of the fjord that I gave up the project.
When I was leaning up against a gust
of wind, its force suddenly lessened and
my feet slipped out from under me,
and I fell. Before I could get up again
a still stronger gust struck me and
blew me along prostrate as I was on
the ice for 35 feet before a snow-
stopped my progress and allowed
me to rise. When the squall had
passed I measured the distance
over which I had been blown on the
ice. I got back to the house a few
minutes before Sammit, Kah-we-alk-prag and Kah-da started
up the fjord with Mac's team rab-
b-bit hunting. In about a half hour
they were back, both the former
lads having been blown down on
the ice. Some wind! "Regular
Etah weather," Mac says.