stormy weather and decided to (56 start "early" tomorrow morning for Etah, if storm should cease. I spent day getting ready for Etah by putting my belongings into shape for transportation if the ship should come in my absence. 15 August. Tuesday. Clear & almost cloudless. Calm. Temp. N.S.B. 8 a.: 46 1/2°; 12 m. 45 1/2°; 4 p. 42°; 8 p. 40 1/2° at 11:52 a.m. left on "Inger Lis" for Etah in company with Rasmussen, Peter, Comer & Hendrik. Returning, arrived Thule at 10 a.m. on the 20th. For diary see "Greenland Journal V" pp. 5-27. Mr. Rasmussen and his people rested all that day. Peter, who began to feel ill at Etah or the day before our arri- val there, was sick with the grippes.