Some little bergs came in too (53 and grounded. This glacial ice makes the water question easy for us once more. Some of the ice is as clear as crystal and is evidently frozen fresh water, not consolidated snow. Yesterday Captain Corner unearthed near the base of his diggings a fragment of white agate. This is used by the women for cutting the navel cord of a new-born child. Quite a find. No agate occurs in this immediate vicinity, but I understand that it is found at McCormick Bay. I spent most of the morning at and near the diggings, and the Cap- tain was cheerful enough, though I still fear that something is on his mind.