4 May. Thursday - 1/28 Clear, cloudless or nearly so, calm. 10:30, 36° Temp. min. 26°; 9a 37°; 12m. 38°; 4h. 38°; 6p. 30° Crew removed forward shelter house and the schooner begins to look more like a vessel. Chief and helpers repaired mudder head band with chain under H.C.P.'s direction. Had discussion with captain over removal of coal to beach for Peter. Captain said the agreement of last win- ter to put it ashore was off because, he said, that Peter told him yesterday that I had said at Cape York that the coal was still mine (the Expedition). I denied shipping or thinking any thing of the kind but H.C.P. said it as he would not require the crew to the work without pay. I said that the best that I could do was to offer 2 lbs. smoking tobacco to each man. Then H.C.P. agreed to see that the coal was put ashore all night. Peter afterward told me that he did not tell the captain that, because I did not say it. H.C.P. is extremely disagreeable in his attitude toward me. He thinks that he has cause for feeling sore, but I think otherwise and that he is the one who has treated The Muss- um, the Expedition and me badly. I wish that I were well out of all this mess. [See p. 137]