to "get something" on him, but that (1/03 is entirely foreign to my wishes. 18 April. Tuesday. At 9 a.m. neary clear overhead but hazy lower down, air being full of icy snow driving be- fure a "moderate" (4 or 5) Easterly breeze which seemed pretty strong to a landlubber. Wind became more northerly and colder in the afternoon. Some light frosty snow in air. Temp. Min -7°; 9a.-4°; 12m-1°; 1:30p.0°; 8:30p.-4° Too much wind for comfortable walk- ing, hence stayed on board all day. Went down into forecastle and contra- dicted flatly a story which I heard this a.m. to the crew were saying that to the effect that I had held or turned back from Unanask tobacco which Mac Millan sent down to the ship. Small things loom large in the Arctic and troublesome ru-mors start on little or no foundation. The