the opportunity, but that he did not expect it, because last September he had agreed to stay north another year. I said that the Museum was under obligation to furnish Ekblaw with transportation southward this winter, by reason of promises made to him last fall when he relinquished his right to go southward in the party that I was then organizing. I then stated that the Museum would provide means for Ekblaw, Small and Hunt or for Ekblaw and Hunt to go out by sledge during the coming winter, in case no ship comes the present season. This afternoon Jot told me that he would stay at Etah with me this winter, if I wanted him to do so.