Sound, the evening being (32) calm, clear and beautiful. Pe- ter came in to bring Ek a mark- ing brush and he stayed a couple of hours chatting and eating. I offered him coffee but heated up and gave him Tea by mistake, having picked up the wrong kettle! Then after Peter's departure Captain Come came down for a smoke and chat. The Captain greatly surprised me by saying that Dr. Hunt had remarked to him within a day or two that in his (H's) opinion I would have made a better leader of the C.L.S. than Mac, through being sys- tematic and methodical. I have no desire to be in charge in the field of an Arctic expedition, but the