17 April, Monday. Overcast all day - thinly so with abundant cirro stratus clouds at mid day - light to moderate S.E. breeze. light snow or frost falling all day. Temp. min -10°; 9a.+7°; 12m.+12°; 12.30 +14° 8p.+10°. Did not sleep well last night or night before - too much thinking. Better perhaps to be an Eskimo in attitude of mind - nothing seems to bother one of the natives. Out with chief as far as the big quich and back, 4 miles. Light is really more trying to the eyes than on these frosty-aired, hazy days than on a bright, clear day. He says that H.C.P. wonders what I am talking about when I am walking with one of the officers or conversing with one of the crew. He (H.C.P.) seems to think that I am trying