Greenland Journal IV 1916-1917
Page 239
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worked skillfully, rapidly (226 and steadily, a good job! Four mile walk after dinner, Peewahto's Point. Air was hazy and rather thick, with fine granular snow falling. Weights this evening 175 lbs. Told Mac that I wanted ac- commodations to bring some one with him for my journey for as Dologset or Netchilcevik. This evening I tried Mac's lens in my Graflex camera box and found that it fitted perfectly, but it ought to for it is exactly the same as my own lens. I told him that he might take both my cameras and their plate holders across to Elles- mere Land with him, thus giving him an addition of 4-8 exposures without reloading. He is going to take to the Graflex only. The anvil fell off the bench today while I was working at it and would have struck one or both of my feet, had I not jump- ed away in time. It was a sufficiently narrow escape from present disaster to my plans and lasting injury to myself. It broke the board which it land- ed on in the floor.