if the floe is whitened this evening. (83 It has been a dull, dull day and we feel correspondingly blue, though Cap- tain Comer keeps a stiff upper lip and says "Don't give up the ship" + "she 'll be here before long - just a few days now" He thinks that the "Civett" is out all right, but Rasmussen and Koch, who was here at dinner (6 p.m.), think that she is in the ice and are thankful that I am not on her. So too am I, if this surmise is correct. Peter has developed a little fluency. 4 September, Monday, Temp. 8a.m. 33°; 12m. 34°; 4p. 28½°; 8p. 25° Overcast, but clearing toward noon. Calm Sun breaking through clouds between 12 & 2 p.m., but fog came in thickly about 3 o'clock. Very light southerly wind about 4 o'clock.