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from my pocket. Fortunate not to lose [49]
it altogether.
Wrote up yesterdays notes and cared
for specimens.
10 August, Thursday.
Clear in early morning but cloud,
y at 8 o'clock and thick fog came
in or settled down by 9:30 The
fog lessened by 11 o'clock and dis-
appeared after noon. Wind at
8a. S.W. 1-2 but N.E. 2 at noon
and light variable after noon, Calm
evening,
Temp. 8a. 36½°; 12m. 34°; 4p. 37½°; 8p. 35°.
Ice formed last night in hail
beside house door. Autumn
has begun in earnest. Ext Koch
have gone up the fjord in canoe this
evening - No ship yet!