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crew are much disturbed over the [104]
impending tobacco famine. Dr. Hers
Told the chief last Thursday that we
should not be blamed if we consider
it necessary to conserve our tobacco for our
own needs, because the captain can get
plenty from Peter in exchange for some
of the foxskins which he (H.C.P.) has gotten
in trade for his own tobacco and other things.
But no one thus far has yet refused to let H.C.P. have
tobacco -
About 9 p.m. Kotutingwa arrival
from Cape York, where he got a polar bear
which he brought with him.
Average temp. Oct. day, +20° F.
Nov. mins -2&frac{2}{3}°+1-3&frac{1}{2}
Dec. mins -6.8 days +8.2
Jan. mins (20) -17.3 days -8.8°; Feb. mins -18.2 days -15.9
March mins -1.8°+3&frac{1}{2}
days +8.8°; Apr. mins -6.27 days +8
19 April. Wednesday
Clear, cloudless, calm. Not so bril-