ditions in Melville Bay as indicated [58] by the conditions in this region and the long prevalence of southerly winds. In the many conferences with my own party constant differences of opinion arise as to plans for the outward journey on the "Inger Lis". Ekblaw wants a written promise from Cap- tain Corner that the boat will surely take a course close to shore all the way around the bay and Jot declares that he too will not go unless the Captain pro- mises to follow that route. When I, accordingly, tried to get from Captain Corner an exact statement of his plans, he said that, while he had no intention of going out to sea in the power boat, he would have to be left free to exer- cise his own judgment as to what was best to be done under the condi-